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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES 

FROM 

SHAKESPEARE, 

COMPARED WITH SACRED PASSAGES 

DRAWN FROM 

HOLY WRIT. 




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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES 

CULLED FEOM THE WORKS 

OP 

SHAKESPEARE, 

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DRAWN FROM 

HOLY WRIT. 



FROM THE ENGLISH EDITION, 

WITH AN INTRODUCTION 

BY 

FREDERIC D. HUNTINGTON, D.D. 




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INTRODUCTION 



AMERICAN EDITION. 



The truths of Revelation borrow no authority 
from the judgment, the invention, or the admira- 
tion of men. They stand in their own strength. 
They shine by their own light. The grandest 
human intellect can no more lend power to 
the Original Word than mortal monarchs can 
provide stability for the throne of Omnipotence 
or confirm the empire of the King of kings. 
Indeed, it is questionable whether the inter- 
ests of a spiritual faith have not been rather 
weakened than promoted by the practice of 
adducirig the testimonies of philosophers and 
scholars in its support, more especially when 
these testimonies were so brought forward as 
to carry only an intellectual impression, or as 
if it were expected that those "things of the 
spirit " which are " spiritually discerned " can be 
made credible by any patronage of the brain. 
Religion is humiliated in the hands of her ad- 
vocates and apologists, when the approving crit- 
icism of the shrewdest statesman, or the most 



AMERICAN PREFACE. 

ingenious poet, or the most brilliant orator, 
is ostentatiously paraded as an argument for 
her divine, everlasting, and self-attested verities. 
This is a part of that poor "worship of genius" 
which both betrays and fosters the secret Athe- 
ism of an age of conceited culture, and only 
offends the holy majesty of that Scripture which 
" is given by inspiration of God." Just this 
must have been in the meaning of Paul when 
he wrote, out of his profound Christian realism 
and his brave trust, that there are words of 
man's wisdom which "make the cross of Christ 
of none effect." Christ's religion is not be- 
holden to letters nor to science, to logic nor to 
learning, to the drama nor to the university. 
All men need her message of commandment, 
promise, warning, pardon, consolation ; but she 
does not in the least need the countenance or 
tribute of the most imperial of them all. Still, 
as of old, the immortal and glorious things are 
often " hid from the wise and prudent " and 
" revealed unto babes." We should do quite 
as well to seek the true " evidences of Chris- 
tianity " in the hearts of the humble and the 
lives of the unlettered as in the pages of bards 
or the speeches of senators. 

" Wise men the secret cannot tell." 

" None of the princes of this world knew it." 
" Not many noble are called, but God hath 
chosen the. foolish things of the world to con- 



AMERICAN PREFACE. 

found the wise, and weak things of the world 
to confound the things which are mighty." Rev- 
erence knows that the oracles of the Book of 
Life receive no touch of beauty nor breath of 
energy from the most creative of created intel- 
ligences. Even from the marvels of Shake- 
speare, child and master of the centuries, we 
t-urn to repeat again and again, 

" A glory gilds the sacred page, 
Mnjestic like the sun; 
It gives a light to every agi ; 
It gives, but borrows none." 

While all this remains beyond question, the 
laws of association and suggestion wrought into 
our nature may, on the other hand, sometimes 
render us susceptible to the interior influence 
of the Bible through sympathy with the invol- 
untary confessions of vigorous minds. Though 
the divine realities take no new dignity, they 
may gain currency from the assent of clear- 
sighted men. Sincere believers may be multi- 
plied by the believing words of thinkers who 
were not able to deny, and who believed even 
against the bias of pride, prejudice, or pas- 
sion, — of their class, their calling, or their time. 

In presenting, therefore, a reprint of these 
instances of correspondence or resemblance be- 
tween the expressions of that mind which the 
riper ages of the world have agreed to call fore- 
most in the compass and variety of its powers 
among the minds of men, and expressions in the 



AMERICAN PREFACE. 

Bible, I do not understand the purpose to be to 
confer honor on the Bible, but to illustrate an 
element of worth in Shakespeare himself. Inci- 
dentally, also, it can hardly fail to prove a source 
of honorable satisfaction, to see how vast is the 
debt owed by the very highest literature of the 
English tongue to the Scriptures of the Old and 
New Testament. 

The criticism that is most likely to be passed 
upon this work, I suppose, is that the attempt to 
collect and compare has been pushed too far ; 
that many of the alleged resemblances are fan- 
ciful, and many of the apparent correspondences 
purely accidental. This is doubtless true. Yet 
there appears to be no reasonable objection to 
a republication, — in any form which does no 
injustice to either, — of passages from Shake- 
speare or from the Bible. Those here selected 
from the dramatist are certainly among the best 
he ever wrote ; and neither these nor the sen- 
tences of Holy Writ are likely to be made too 
familiar. The whole collection is perhaps more 
remarkable as showing to what a wonderful ex- 
tent the phraseology of the Bible has penetrated, 
colored, and shaped our native language and the 
productions of its writers, even when they were 
unconscious of its influence, than as displaying 
a direct acquaintance of this particular master 
with the Sacred Volume. 

F. D. H. 



PREFACE. 



All minds attached to the memory of our 
immortal Shakespeare, feel a longing desire, — 
an ardent anxiety, to know something of his 
childhood, his adolescence, and, indeed, of every 
minute circumstance relating to him, preluding 
his arrival in London, — where he appears to 
have come the child of Nature, the ward of 
Providence. There does not exist any record 
or traditional account of his having manifested 
any distinguished precocity during his youth ; 
and now more than two hundred years have 
rolled away without any important records hav- 
ing been found to throw a light upon his early 
history. It would be most gratifying to have 
been furnished with some historical traits illus- 
trating the dawn of his mighty genius, and the 
progression of his intellectual development; that 
gratification is denied us, — contemplation, and 
amazement, fill the void. 

Born in 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon, we find 
him arrived in London in the year 1586, at 



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the age of twenty-two, seeking a maintenance 
through the medium of his talents ; and his 
genius, or his destiny, appears to have led his 
first steps towards the theatres of the metropolis. 
This early bias seems subsequently to have at- 
tached him permanently to the Drama: — he 
became a writer for the stage, — and evidently a 
successful one, — for in 1589 he was a joint pro- 
prietor with Burbage in theatrical property. He 
published his first poem (Venus and Adonis) in 
1593 ; but the first publication of his plays does 
not appear to have taken place until 1597 (when 
he was thirty-three years of age). It is not cor- 
rectly ascertained how many of his plays were 
written, and acted, up to this period. He lived 
nineteen years afterwards, — fifteen of which 
were apparently passed in the capital, still writ- 
ing for the theatres, and superintending his dra- 
matic property. He retired to his native town, 
Stratford, about the year 1612, where he enjoyed 
four years of literary leisure, dying of fever in 
1616, at the age of fifty-two. 

It was observed by Dryden that, " in Shake- 
speare, we find all arts and sciences, all moral 
and natural philosophy, without knowing that 
he ever studied them." It is evident, how^ever, 
that he had studied them ; and it is very mani- 
fest, too, that in the formation of his historical 
dramas, he imbibed largely from the Chronicles 
of Holinshed, — which work must have been 
very scarce in his day, — from whence it may be 



PREFACE. 

fairly presumed that he had free access to the 
library of the Earl of Southampton, as it does 
not appear by Shakespeare's will, or by tradi- 
tion, that he possessed any books himself. That 
noble earl claims, indeed, our deepest gratitude, 
as the foster-friend — the princely patron, of that 
brightest genius of our land. It is mortifying 
that history has left us so little information rela- 
tive to the life and literary pursuits of that illus- 
trious nobleman, particularly as connected with 
Shakespeare. Records inform us, that " he was 
engaged in the conspiracy with the Earl of 
Essex, and with him imprisoned in the Tower," 
where, no doubt, the society of the Bard of 
Avon formed his chiefest solace. 

As tradition does not furnish us with any in- 
stance of the development of precocious intellect 
in Shakespeare's } outh, the dawn of his genius 
must have first manifested itself during his 
sojournment in the capital ; so it is evident that 
when there, he must have devoted himself assid- 
uously to various reading, as well as to uni- 
versal observation of mankind ; for all his his- 
torical plays, and many of the others, prove 
extensive reading, and particularly of the pass- 
ing events of preceding generations in his own 
country. The religious extracts, which form a 
material part of this work, show with what ad- 
vantage he had perused the Holy Scriptures. 

Everything relative to his mental acquire- 
ments tends to illustrate a mind signally gifted. 



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pursuing a system of self-formation, based on 
the highest fecundity of genius. It may be pre- 
sumed that he derived some stimulus towards 
self-education from the taunts of his companion, 
Ben Jonson ; who evidently prided himself upon 
his scholarship (he being proficient in Greek and 
Latin), and probably throwing out, at times, 
hints that he (Shakespeare) had not received so 
classical an education as himself — Jonson hav- 
ing observed of him, that he possessed " small 
Latin and less Greek." 

Feelings of mortification, perhaps, generated 
by reflections like the above (and sensitively 
alive to the necessity which he felt, that he must 
pursue his dramatic labors for his maintenance, 
while his genius elevated his mind above the 
cares of livelihood), seem to be portrayed in 
the following lines of one of his poems: — 

0, for my sake, do thou with Fortune chide, 
The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, 
That did not better for my life provide. 
Than public means, which public manners breeds : 
Thence comes it that my name receives a brand; 
And almost thence my nature is subdu'd. 
To what it works in, like the dyer's hand: 
Pity me then, and wish I were renew'd: 
Whilst, like a willing patient, I will drink 
Potions of eysell, 'gainst my strong infection; ' 
No bitterness that I will bitter think, 
Nor double penance, to correct correction. 

Sonnet cxi. 

These lines were probably written under a de- 
pression of spirits, naturally arising from vexa- 
tion, at the necessity which he labored under, 



PREFACE. 

of being compelled (in accordance with the 
times) to adopt many sentiments, and expres- 
sions, solely to " please the ears of the ground- 
lings," and also from the difficulties and odium 
which the members of the drama at that period 
had to undergo, from the opposition which was 
then made by the Papists, and Puritans, to dra- 
matic representations ; and the establishment of 
playhouses. Even the Corporation of the City 
of London was strongly opposed to the erection 
of a theatre at Blackfriars, in which Shake- 
speare had a great interest. 

Such vexatious oppositions must have morti- 
fied his soaring spirit, propelled by 

The force of heaven-bred poesy. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona, iii. 2. 

That he felt the advantages of study as well 
as its pleasures, is exemplified in the advice 
given to Lucentio upon the subject of study, 

Continue your resolve, 

To suck the sweets of sweet j)hilosophy. 

Only . . . Avhile we do admire 

This virtue, and this moral discipline. 

Let's be no stoics, nor' no stocks, I px'ay; 

Or so devote to Aristotle's ethics, 

As Oiidhe an outcast quite abjured. 

Talk logic with acquaintance that you have, — 

And practise rhetoric in your common talk, — 

Music and poesy, use to quicken you ; — 

The mathematics and the metajjhysics, 

Fall to them, as you find your stomach serves you : 

No profit grows, where is no pleasure ta'en : — 

In brief, Sir, study what you most affect. 

Taming of the Shrew, i. 1. 

XV 



PREFACE. 

In the foregoing lines his attachment to the 
higher branches oi philosophy dixe most manifest; 
but although his mental powers were capable of 
embracing everything within the span of human 
intellect, it is clear he felt that his early educa- 
tion, and his station in life, had not led him into 
the school of Aristotle^ but that the decree of 
Providence had placed him upon Mount Par- 
nassus^ and had wedded him to the Muses. 

However, we cannot omit to notice the inci- 
dents wherein we find him philosophizing, viz. — 
when, during a violent storm, he says, — 

First let me talk with thh jy^iUosopher : — 
What is the cause of thunder? 

King Lear, iii. 4. 

Then again, his observation of the distinct local- 
ity of the polar star, — of which he says, — 

I am constant as the Northern Star, 

Of whose true, fixed, and resting quality, 

There is no fellow in the Jirmanent : 

The skies are painted with unnumbered sparls, — 

They are all fire, — and every one doth shine, — 

But there's but one, in all, doth hold his place ! 

Junus Cesar, iii. 1. 

Here is a manifestation of his knowledge of 
the changes in the positions of the stars, through 
the effect of the rotation of the earth. But what 
shall we say, how shall we express our surprise 
and admiration at his distinctly defining the 
principle of gravitation, long before Sir' Isaac 
Newton was born, — to whom the merit of the 
discovery has been so honorably attributed, from 



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his enlarged and scientific explanations of its 
operating effects, acting throughout the whole 
system of the Universe ? As it applies to our 
Earth it is thus defined by Shakespeare: — 

Time, force, and death, 

Do to this body what exti-emes they can ; 
But the strong base, and building of my love, 
Is, as the very centre of the earth, 
Drawing all things to it. 

Troilus and Cressida, iv. 2. 

Here is an instance of intellectual supremacy 
that at least approaches to inspiration ; and it 
would indeed be " gilding refined gold," to ad- 
duce any additional instance to illustrate his 
gifted intellect, — for we may justly say that he 
possessed a mind 

So perfect, and so peerless; seem'd created 
Of every creature's best. 

Tempest, iii. 1. 

We must, however, give one trait of his inti- 
mate knowledge of the innate qualities, and 
apparent states, of the human mind. The case 
is a medical one, and his analysis of it is so 
clear, and so concise, that the President of the 
College of Physicians, in a Lecture to that 
body, introduced it, to illustrate his own dis- 
course upon Insanity ; as an exemplary defini- 
tion of that disease. It is in the scene where 
Hamlet rebukes his mother for her marriage 
with his uncle, and she charges him with being 
" in ecstacieSj^^ — he says in reply, — 



PREFACE. 

Ecstacy ! 

My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, 
And makes as healthful music. It is not madness 
That I have uttered: bring me to the test, 
And I the matter will re-word; which madness 
Would gambol from. 

Hamlet, iii. 4. 

Can anything be more definite or more lucid 
upon the subject ? 

The distinguished beauties in the language 
of Shakespeare, his vast conceptions, his bound- 
less ideas, his innate knowledge of human na- 
ture, his inimitable descriptive powers, have 
been so often and so ably analyzed and por- 
trayed, that it would be supererogation to enter 
upon those themes ; we only request permission 
to repeat Dr. Johnson's illustration of his pow- 
ers, as conveyed in his celebrated prologue at 
the opening of Drury Lane Theatre, in 1747, 
viz : — 

When Learning''s triumph o'er her barbarous foes 
First reared the Stage, immortal Shakespeare rose; 
Each change of many-color'd life he drew, 
Exhaiisted worlds, and then imagin'd new: 
Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, 
And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. 

It delights the mind to read such an encomium 
from the pen of the most eminent writer of the 
age in which he lived, acknowledging the pre- 
eminence of his gifted predecessor. 



Previous to entering upon the presentation of 
the following religious extracts from the works 



PREFACE. 



of Shakespeare (which may be justly termed 
his moral beauties), it is proper that the cause 
or motive should be stated which gave rise to 
the selection, and the publication of them. 



Upon visiting Stratford-upon-Avon, the Com- 
piler observed in the room where " Shakespeare's 
Relicks " are exhibited, a large written paper, in 
a gilt frame, (designedly presented to the view,) 
termed " a copy of Shakespeare^ s Willj'^ but drawn 
up in the Roman Catholic form ; representing it- 
self, as a faithful copy of the real Will, deposit- 
ed at Doctors'' Commons. 

Having repeatedly seen printed copies of his 
genuine Will, fraud was immediately apparent; 
and as it was manifestly placed there for the 
purpose of deceiving the world, by the insidious 
attempt to prove him a Papist, the Compiler 
resolved, in justice to Shakespeare^ s memory — 
in justice to the Reformed Religion — and in 
justice to the divinity of Truth, — to expose the 
fraudulent design, by proving from Shakespeare^ s 
own writings, that he lived and died a true 
Protestant. 

With this view, the following extracts from 
his works, and from the Scriptures, have been 
collected, and placed together in parallel posi- 
tions, to show the close affinity that exists be- 
tween the sentences there exhibited, from his 
works, and passages taken from Holy Writ. 



PREFACE. 

It has been thought right, however, antece- 
dently to present to the reader, copies of the 
preambles to the true and the fraudule^it Wills, 
in order that he may, himself, judge of the 
motive for the fabrication, and of the motive 
for the refutation. 



TRUE COPY OF THE PREAMBLE TO 

Exli^ acted from the Registry of the Archbishop of Canterhui'y. 



'' Viceslmo quinto die Martii, anno regni domini nostri 
Jacobi, nunc Rex Anglite, &c. decimo quarto, et 
Scotise quadragesimo nono. Anno Domini 1616. 

" In the name of God, Amen ! I, William Shakespeare, 
of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the County of Warwick, 
Gentleman, in perfect health and memory, (God be 
praised !) do make and ordain this my last will and 
testament, in manner and form following: — that is 
to say, — 

" First — I commend my soul into the hands of God, my 
Creator; hoping, and assuredly believing, through 
the only merits of Jesus Christ, my Saviour, to be 
made partaker of life everlasting ; and my body to 
the earth whereof that is made. 

"Item — I give and bequeath," &c. 



N.B. — This Preamble has been minutely compared, 
and it correctly corresponds with the true original last 
will and testament of Shakespeare, deposited in the 
Prerogative Office, at Doctors' Commons. 

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Copy of the Preamble to a Manuscript exhibited as 
At a House in Stratfard-ujJon-Avon, ichere Ms relics are shown.^ 



Preamble : 

" Vicesimo quinto die Martii, anno regni domini nostri 
Jacobi, nunc Rex Anglias, &c. decimo quarto, et 
Scotiae quadragesimo nono. Anno Domini 1616. 

"In the name of God, the Father, Son, and Holy 
Ghost ; the most holy and blessed Virgin Mary, Mother 
of God ; the Holy Ghost, of Arc- Angels, Angels, Pa- 
triarchs, Prophets, Evangelists, Apostles, Saints, Mar- 
tyrs, and all the Celestial Courts and Companies of 
Heaven, 

"I, William Shakespear, an unworthy member of 
the Holy Catholic Religion, being, at this my present 
writing, in perfect health of body, sound mind, memory, 
and understanding, but calling to mind the uncertainty 
of life, and the certainty of death, and that I may 
be possibly cut off in the blossom of my sins, and 

* The proprietors of the house where this Will is shown (amongst 
the relics) are innocent of the fraud, and ignorant of its import, being 
poor persons, to whom the articles exhibited devolved by descent. 
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SHAKESPEARE S WILL. 

called to render an account of all my transgressions, 
external and internal, and that I may be unprepared 
for the dreadful trial, either by sacrament, penance, 
fasting, or prayer, or any other purgation whatever, — 
do, in the holy presence above specified, of my own 
free and voluntary accord, make and ordain this my 
last spiritual Will, Testament, Confession, Protestation, 
and Confession of Faith ; hoping hereby to receive 
pardon for all my sins and offences, and thereby to be 
made partaker of life everlasting, through the only 
merits of Jesus Christ, my Saviour and Redeemer ; 
who took upoij himself the likeness of man, suffered 
death, and was crucified upon the cross, for the redemp- 
tion of sinners. 

" Item. I, William Shakespear, do, by this present, 
protest, acknowledge, and confess, that in my past life 
I have been a most abominable and grievous sinner, 
and therefore unworthy to be forgiven without a true 
and sincere repentance for the same ; but, trusting in 
the manifold mercies of my blessed Saviour and Re- 
deemer, I am encouraged, by relying on His Sacred 
Word, to hope for salvation, and be made partaker of 
His Heavenly Kingdom, as a member of the Celes- 
tial Company of Angels, Saints, and Martyrs, and 
therefore reside for ever and ever in the Court of my 
God. 

" Item. I, William Shakespear, do, by this present, 
declare, that as I am certain I must pass out of this 
transitory life into another that will last to eternity, I 
do hereby most humbly implore and entreat my good 
Guardian Angels to instruct 'me in this my solemn prep- 

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SHAKESPEARE S WILL. 



aration, protestation, and confession of Faith — at least 
spiritually. 

" Item. I give and bequeath," &c. &e. 



N.B. — There is not, and never has been, any Will 
of Shakespeare, with the above preamble, deposited at 
Doctors' Commons ; which circumstance is, in itself, a 
sufficient proof of the fraud attempted. 



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PASSAGES EXTRACTED 

FROM 

THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE; 

ADDUCED AS PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE 
THAT THE 

TENETS OF THE RELIGION WHICH HE PROFESSED 

WERE NOT OF THE 

ROMAN CATHOLIC PERSUASION. 



The following anti-papistical sentences are selected 
from the writings of Shakespeare with a view to cor- 
roborate the just opinion of him, that he was a true and 
professed member of the Protestant Church of England. 

There is nothing presented in his writings, or in the 
few records that we have of his life, that in the least 
indicates his having held the Roman Catholic faith; 
and it may be fully presumed, that had he been of that 
persuasion, he would not have exposed himself to the 
censure of that priesthood^ by expressing the strong anti- 
popish sentiments conveyed in the following extracts. 

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PASSAGES EXTRACTED FROM THE 

That he was a member of the Protestant Church of 
England is indisputably corroborated, by the circum- 
stance of his children having been all baptized in that 
faith, in which faith he made his real last Will and 
Testament, and in which faith he was buried in his own 
Protestant Parish Church. 



SUPREMACY. 
Thou can'st not, Cardinal, devise a name 
So slight, unworthy, and ridiculous, 
To charge me to an answer, as the Pope. 
We, under Heaven, are supreme head ; 
So under Him, — that great Supremacy, 
Where we do reign, we will alone uphold, 
Without assistance from a mortal hand : 
So tell the Pope ; all reverence set apart. 
To him, and his usurped authority. 

King John, iii. 1. 

The Cardinal makes no reply to the above abjuration. 

No Italian priest shall tithe or toll in our dominions. 

King John, iii. 1. 

FAITH. 

Oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes. 

Henry V. ii. 3. 

Play fast and loose y^\\}i\ faith, so jest with Heaven. 

King John, iii. 1. 

ABSOLUTION. 
Though you, and all the Kings of Christendom, 
Are led so grossly by this meddling priest, 

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WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. 

Dreading the curse that money may buy out, 
And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust, 
Purchase corrupted pardon of a man, 
Who, in that sale, sells pardon from himself — 
Though you and all the rest so grossly led, 
This juggling witchcraft, with reverence cherish; 
Yet I alone, alone do me oppose 
Against the Pope ; and count his friends my foes. 

King Johi^, iii. 1. 



DENUNCIATION. 
We think it indispensable to give Cardinal Pan- 
dulph's excommunication of the King, in reply to the 
above speech of King John, denouncing the Pope. 

Then, by the lawful power that I have, 
Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate ; 
And blessed shall he be that doth revolt, 
From his allegiance to an heretic ; 
And meritorious shall that hand be called, 
Canonized, and worshipped a^ a saint. 
That takes away, by any secret course, 
Thy hateful life. 

King John, iii. 1. 

The original of the above denunciation led to the 
establishment of Magna Charta ; for the barons, fear- 
ful that the King would be intimidated by the threat, 
forced him to sign the great charter of the land, the first 
words of which are: — "'The Church of England shall 
he free, and shall have her whole rights and liberties in- 
violable." 



PASSAGES EXTRACTED FROM THE 

CHARACTER OF CARDINAL BEAUFORT, BISHOP OF 
WINCHESTER. 

What ! is my lord of Winchester installed 
And called unto a Cardinal's degree ! 
Then, I perceive, that will be verified, 
Henry the Fifth did sometimes prophesy : 
" If once he come to be a Cardinal 
He'll make his cap co-equal with the crown." 

1 Henry VI. v. 1. 

This Cardinal is more haughty than the devil. 

1 Henry VI. i. 3. 

Oh, how this discord doth afflict my soul! 
Can you, my lord of Winchester, behold 
My sighs and tears, and will not once relent ? 
Who should be pitiful if you are not ? 
Or who should study to prefer a peace. 
If holy churchmen take delight in broils ? 

1 Henry VI. iii. 1. 

Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. 

Whom Henry, our late sovereign, ne'er could brook ; 

Thou art no friend to God, or to the King. 

1 Henry VI. i. 3. 

Name not religion, for thou lov'st the flesh. 

And ne'er, throughout the year, to church thou go'st, 

Except it be to pray against thy foes. 

1 Henry VI. i. 1. 

Fie, Uncle Beaufort ! I have heard you preach, 
That malice was a great and grievous sin ; 



WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. 

And will you not maintain the thing you teach, 
But prove a chief offender in the same ? 

1 Hknky VI. iii. 1. 

There's Beaufort, that regards nor God nor King^ 
Hath here distrained the Tower to his use. 

1 Henry VI. i. 3. 

Under my feet I'll stamp the Cardinal's hat, 
In spite of Pope, or dignities of Church. 

1 Henry VI. i. 3. 

Presumptuous priest! this place commands my pa- 
tience, 
Or thou should'st find thou hast dishonored me. 
Think not, although in writing I preferred 
The manner of thy vile outrageous crimes, 
That therefore I have forged, or am not able, 
Verbatim, to rehearse the method of my pen : 
No, prelate ; such is thy audacious wickedness, 
Thy lewd, pestiferous, and dissentious pranks, 
As very infants prattle of thy pride. 
Thou art a most pernicious usurer, 
Froward by nature, enemy to peace ; 
Lascivious, wanton, more than well beseems 
A man of thy profession and degree ; 
And for thy treachery, what's more manifest ? 

1 Henry VT. iii. 1. 

Let us watch the haughty Cardinal, 
His insolence is more intolerable 
Than all the princes in the land beside. 

2 Henry VI. i. 1. 
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PASSAGES EXTRACTED FROM THE 

Oft have I seen the haughty Cardinal, 
More like a soldier than a man o' the church, 
As stout and proud as he were lord of all, 
Swear like a ruffian. 

2 Henky VI. i. 1. 

Now, by God^s Mother, priest, I'll shave your crown for 
this. 2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

What, Cardinal, is your priesthood grown peremptory ? 
Churchmen so hot ? good uncle, hide such malice. 

2 Henry VI. il. 1. 

Ambitious churchman I leave to afflict my heart ; 
Sorrow and grief have vanquished all my powers. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

Gloster, thou'lt answer this before the Pope, 

Winchester goose ! I cry — a rope ! a rope ! 
Now beat them hence ; why do you let them stay ? 
Thee I'll chase hence, thou wolf in sheep's array : 
Out, tawney coats ! out, scarlet hypocrite I 

1 Henry VI. i. 3. 

Now, Winchester will not submit, I tl-ovv, 
Or be inferior to the proudest peer. 
Humphrey of Gloster, thou shalt well perceive 
That nor in birth, nor for authority. 
The Bishop will be overborne by thee ; 
Either I'll make thee stoop, and bend thy knee, 
Or sack this country with a mutiny. 

1 Henry VI. v. 1. 



WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. 

— — York, and impious Beaufort, that false priest, 
Have all limed bushes to betray thy wings. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 4. 



Cardinal Beaufort is at point of death, 

***** 

Blaspherning God, and cursing men on earth. 

And whispers to his pillow 

The secrets of his over-charged soul. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 2. 

Lord Cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, 
Hold up thy hand, make signal of thg hope : — 
He dies, and makes no sign ! 

2 Henry VI. iii. 3. 



WOLSEY. 
My surveyor is false — the o'er great Cardinal 
Hath shewed him gold : — my life is spanned already. 

Henry VIII. i. 1. 

The Cardinal is the end of this, 

The Commons 

Hate him perniciously, and, o' my conscience, 
Wish him ten fathoms deep. — 

Henry VIII. ii. 1. 



That devil monk 

Hopkins, that made the mischief; 

That was he 

That fed them with his prophecies. — 

Henry VHI. ii. 1. 
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PASSAGES EXTRACTED FROM THE 

This is the CardinaVs doing ; the King Cardinal, 
That hYmdi priest : — the King will know him one day. 

Henky VIII. ii. 2. 

I love him not, nor fear him ; there's my creed ; 
I knew him, and I know him ; so I leave him 
To him that made him proud, — the Pope. 

Henry VIII. ii. 2. 

Heaven will one day open 

The King's eyes, that so long have slept upon , 

This bold, bad, man. 

Henry VIII. ii. 2. 

I must tell you, 

You tender more your person's honor, than 
Your high profession spiritual. 

Henry VIII. ii. 4. 

These Cardinals trifle with me : I abhor 
This dilatory sloth, and tricks of Rome. 

Henry VIII. ii. 4. 

Is this your christian counsel ? out upon ye ! 

Holy men I thought ye. 

But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 

This paper has undone me : 'Tis the account 
Of all that world of wealth I've drawn together 
For mine own ends : indeed to gain the popedom, 
And fee my friends in Rome. 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 
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WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. 

Thou art a proud traitor, priest ! 



Henry VIII. iii. 2. 

I'll startle you, 
Worse than the sacring bell, when the brown wench 
Lay kissing in your arms, Lord Cardinal. 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 

In all you writ to Rome, or else 
To foreign princes, — " Ego et Rex mens " 
Was still inscrib'd : — ir^ which you brought the King 
To be your servant. 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 



Out of mere ambition, you have caus'd 
Your holy hat to be stamp'd on the King's coin. 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 



Now, if you can blush, and cry guilty, Cardinal, 
You'll shew a little honesty. — 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 



If we did think 
His contemplations were above the earth. 
And fixed on spiritual objects ; he should still 
Dwell in his musings ; but I am afraid 
His thinkings are below the moon ; not worth 
His serious considering. — 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 

Woe upon ye, and such false professors ! 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 
3 33 



PASSAGES EXTRACTED FROM THE 

He was a man 
Of an unbounded stomach, ever ranking 
Himself with princes. I' the presence 
He would say untruths ; and be ever double, 
Both in his words and meaning : 
Of his own body lie was ill, and gave 
The clergy ill example. 

Henky VIII. iii. 2. 

By my soul, 
Your long co'dt, priest, protects, you : thou should'st feel 
My sword i' the life-blood of thee else. My lords, 
Can ye endure this arrogance, 
And from this fellow ? 

Henry VIII. iii. 4. 

Love and meekness, lord. 
Become a churchman better than ambition : 
Win straying souls with modesty again, 
Cast none away. 

Henry VIII. v. 4. 



Stand back, thou manifest conspirator : 
Thou, that contrived'st to murder our dead lord ! 
Thou, that giv'st whores indulgences to sin I 
I'll canvass thee in thy broad Cardinal's hat, 
If thou proceed'st in this thy insolence. 

1 Henry VI. i. 3. 

What ! talking with a priest, Lord Chamberlain ? 
Your friends at Pomfret they do need the priest : 
Your honour hath no shriving work in hand. 

Richard III. iii. 2. 
S4 



WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE. 

I know that thou art religious, 

And hast a thing within thee called conscience, 

With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies, 

Which I have seen thee careful to observe : 

Therefore I urge thy oath ; for that I know 

An idiot holds his bauble /or a God, 

And keeps the oath, which by that God he swears ; 

To that I'll urge him : — therefore thou shalt vow 

By that same God, what God soe'er it be. 

That thou ador'st and hast in reverence. 

Titus Ai^dkonicus, v. 1. 

From the foregoing extracts it is presumed, that every 
mind capable of judging will be fully convinced that 
Shakespeare was not a papist ; and it must be borne in 
naind, that the evidence in proof thereof is given by 
himself; a testimony more powerful than the arguments 
of commentators. 

No papist would have been inclined, or would have 
dared to have put into the mouths of his Dramatis 
Personie, such expressions, counter to papacy, as are 
presented in these extracts. 



35 



We will now proceed to show, by demonstration 
similar to the preceding, viz : his own writings, that 
he was a true and worthy member of the Reformed 
Church of England. 

This we do by placing, in juxtaposition with his own 
religious sentences, corresponding passages from Holy 
Writ ; thereby proving how versed he was in the Scrip- 
tures, as exemplified by the similitude of his religious 
sentences to the passages drawn frbm the Bihle, and the 
Liturgy of the Church of England. 



37 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

ABEL. 
Sluic'd out his innocent soul through streams of blood 
Which blood, like sacrificing AheVs, cries 
****** for justice. 

Richard II, i. 1. 

This be Damascus, be thou cursed Cain, 
To sly thy brother Abel. 

1 Henry VI. i. 3. 

ABILITY. 
The force of his own merit makes his way, 
A gift that Heaven gives for him. Henry VIII. i. 1. 

ABRAHAM. 

O Father Abraham, what these christians are ! 

Merchant of Venice, i. 3. 

Sweet peace conduct his sweet soul to the bosom 
Of good old Abraham I Richard II. iv. 1. 

The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham's bosom. 

Richard III. iv. 3. 

ACCOUNT. 
No reckoning made, but sent to my account, 
With all my imperfections on my head. 

Hamlet, i. 5. 

And, how his audit stands, who knows, save Heaven ? 

Hamlet, iii. 3. 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

ABEL. 
Upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon 
the earth ; from the blood of righteous Abel unto the 
blood of Zacharias whom ye slew. Matthew, xxiii. 

And the Lord said, What hast thou done ? the voice 
of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground ; 
and now art thou cursed from the earth ! 

Genesis, iv. 

ABILITY. 
If any man minister, let him do it as of the ahility 
which God giveth. l Peter, iv. 

ABRAHAM. 
Though Abraham be ignorant of us. Thou, Lord, 
art our Father, our Redeemer ! Isaiah, Ixiii. 

Ye shall see Abraham, in the kingdom of God ! 

Luke, xiii. 

And he was carried, by the angels, into AbraharrHs 
bosom. Luke, xvi. 

ACCOUNT. 

Every one of us shall give account of himself to God! 

Romans, xiv. 

They shall give account to Him, that is ready to judge 
tie quick and the dead ! 

1 Petek, iv. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

ACCOUNT — {co7itmued). 

What I speak, 
My body shall make good upon this earth, 
Or my divine soul answer it in heaven. 

ElCHAKD 11. i. 1. 

ACTIONS. 
To give us warrant from the hand of Heaven ; 
And on our actions set the name of right, 
With holy breath. 

King John, v. 2. 

ADAM. 

Consideration, like an angel, came, 

And whipp'd the offending Adam out of him, 

Leaving his body as a Paradise. 

Henry Y. i. 1. 



I would not marry her, though she were endowed 
left him before he transgress 
Much ado about Nothing, ii. 1. 



with all that Adam had left him before he transgressed. 



Here feel we but the penalty of Adam. 

As YOU LIKE IT, ii. 1. 



AFFLICTION. 

Had it pleas'd Heaven 
To try me with affliction, 
I should have found, in some part of my soul, 
A drop of patience. Othello, iv. 2. 

40 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

ACCOUNT — (continued). 
I say unto you, Every idle word that men shall speak, 
they shall give account thereof in the dai/ of judgment. 

Matthew, xii. 



ACTIONS. 



The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions 

1 Samuel, ii. 



ire weighed 



I ADAM. 

merciful God ! grant that the old Adam in these 
persons may be so buried, that the new man may be 
railed up in them. 

, Liturgy, Baptism. 

li I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding 
mint iniquity in my bosom. 

Job, xxxi. 

Th^ Lord God sent Adain forth from the Garden of 
Eden, to till the ground. 

Genesis, iii. 



AFFLICTION. 

And When we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, 
the Lori heard our voice, and looked on our aj^ 
and our labour, and our oppression. 

Deuteronomy, xxvi. 
41 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

ALTAR. 
Her grace rose, and with modest paces 
Came to the altar : where she kneel'd, and, saint-Hke, 
Cast her fair eyes to heaven, and pray'd devoutly. 

Henry VIII. iv. 1. 



AMEN. 

Now I pray God — Amen ! 

Henry VIH. ii. 3. 



God save the King I — Will no man say Amen ? 
Am I both priest and clerk ? — Well then. Amen ! 

KiCHARD II. iv. 1. 

One cried God hless us ! and Amen 1 the other. 

» 4» « * « 

I could not say Amen 

When they did say God hless us. — 

***** 

But wherefore could I not pronounce Amen ? 
I had most need of blessing. 

Macbeth, ii 2. 



AMENDS. 

Now, Lord, be thanked for my good amends I 

Taming of the Shrew (Induaion). 

God amend us, God amend/ we are much oat o' the 
way. 

Love's labor's lost, iv. 3. 

42 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

fj^ols Witit 

ALTAR. 
He said unto Judah, Ye shall worship before this 
altar in Jerusalem. 

2 Kings, xviii. 



AMEN. 
Lord! be merciful unto me, and raise me up! 
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to 
everlasting ! Amen, and Amen ! 

Psalm xli. 



Blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save King 
Solomon ! And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, answered 
and said, Amen! 

1 Kings, i. 

Praise ye the Lord ! blessed are they that keep his 
judgments ! Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ! and 
let all the people say Amen ! 

Psalm cvi. 



AMENDS. 
And he shall make amends for the harm that he 
hath done. Leviticus, v. 

Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, 
Amend your ways. 

Jeremiah, vii. 

43 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

AMBITION. 

That spirit of his, 
In aspiration, lifts him from the earth. 

Troilus and Cressida, iv. 5. 

Fling away ambition, 
By that sin fell the angels : how can man, then, 
The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 

ANGEL. 

And her immortal part with angels lives. 

Romeo and Juliet, v. 1. 

I tell thee, churlish priest, 
A minist'ring angel shall my sister be, 
When thou liest howling. 

Hamlet, v. 1. 

With angel-Uhe perfection. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 4. 

If angels fight, 
Weak men must fall, for Heaven still guards the right. 

Richard II. iii. 2. 



ANT. 
We'll set thee to school to an ant, to teach thee there's 
no labouring in the winter. 

King Lear, ii. 4. 

44 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

molSi 2Sarit. 

AMBITION. 
Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, 
that He may exalt you in due time. 

1 Peter, v. 

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the 
haughtiness of men shall be made low. 

Isaiah, ii. 



ANGEL. 
He shall give His angels charge over thee ; to keep 
thee in all thy ways. Psalm xci. 

Of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels spirits. 
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minis- 
ter for them who shall be heirs of salvatioii ? 

Hebrews, i. 

Wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, 

2 Samuel, xiv. 

Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that excel in strength, 
that do His Commandments ! — As for man, his days are 
as grass : as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
* Psalm ciii. 

ANT. 
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare 
their meat in the summer. 

Proverbs, xxx. 

45 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

ANSWER. 
By the eternal God! whose name and power 
Thou tremblest at, answer that I shall ask ! 

2 Henry VL i. 4. 

APPEAL. (Prayer.) 
But this lies all within the will of God, 
To whom I do appeal ! Henry V. i. 2. 

For we have now no thought in us, but France, 
Save those to God. 

Henry V. i. 2. 

APPEASE. 
God! if my deep prayers cannot appease Thee, 
But Thou wilt be aveng'd on my misdeeds, 
Yet execute Thy wrath on me alone ! 

EiCHARD in. i, 4. 



ARK. 
There is, sure, anoih^Y flood toward, and these couples 

As you like it, v. 4. 



are coming to the arlc ! 



ARMOUR. 
To reach at victory above my head, 
Add proof unto mine armour with thy prayers ; 
And with thy blessings steel my lance's point. 



Richard II. i. 3. 

46 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

mols WiviU 

ANSWER. 
The baptism of John, was it from Heaven, or of 
men ? — Ansioer me. 

Mark, xi. 

APPEAL. (Prayer.) 
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of Thy ser- 
vant, Lord my God! to hearken unto the cry and to 
the prayer which Thy servant prajeth before Thee this 
day ! 

1 KiKGS, viii. 



APPEASE. 
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed ; 
and thou shalt know that 1 am the Lord : that thou may- 
est remember and be confounded, when 1 am pacified 
towards thee for all that thou hast done. 

EZEKIEL, xvi. 

ARK. 
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, 
the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 

Genesis, vii. 



ARMOUR. 
When a stronger than he shall come upon him and 
overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour 
wherein he trusted. 

St. Luke, xi. 

47 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

ARMS. 
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted ? 
Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel just, 
And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, 
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted ! 

2 Henry VL iii. 2. 



BABES. 
He that of greatest works is finisher, 
Oft does them by the weakest minister ; 
So Holy Wi'it in hahes hath judgment shewn, 
When judges have been hahes. 

All's well that ends well, ii. 1. 



BAPTISM. 
And we will hear, note, and believe in heart. 
That what you speak is, in your conscience, wash'd 
As pure as sin with haptism. 

Henry V. i. 2. 



There is a fair young maid, that yet wants haptism. 

Henry VHI. v. 2. 



BARABBAS. 
I have a daughter : 
Would any of the stock of Barahhas 
I, 



Had been her husband, rather than a christian ! 
Merchant of -Venice, iv. 1. 

48 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

?l^olg mivit 

ARMS. 
He put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and an 
helmet of salvation upon his head. 

Isaiah, lix. 

My righteousness is near, and mine m^tns shall judge 
the people. The isles siiall wait upon me, and on my 
arm shall they trust. Isaiah, li. 

BABES. 
Behold, the Loi'd of Hosts doth take away from Jeru- 
salem and from Jicdak the stay and the staff: the mighty 

man, the judge, the prophet, the prudent, and the ancient. 

***** 

And 1 will give children to be their princes, and babes 
shall rule over them. Isaiah, iii. 

BAPTISM. ^ 

And now, why tarriest thou ? arise and be baptized, 
and wash away thy sins : calling on the name of the 
Lord. 

Acts, xxii. 

And a certain woman named Lydia was baptized; 
and her household. 

Acts, xvi 

BAEABBAS. 
The chief priests and elders persuaded the mul- 
titude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy 



Matthew, xxvii. 
49 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

BASAN. 

O that I were 
Upon the hill of Basan, to outroar 
The horned herd ! 

Antony and Cleopatra, iii. 11. 



• BELIEVE. 
Before my God, I might not this believe, 
Without the sensible and true avouch 
Of mine own eyes. 



Hamlet, i. 1. 



BEELZEBUB. 
Truly he holds Beelzebub at the stave's end, as well 
as a man in his case may do. 

Twelfth Night, v. 1. 

Who's there, i' the name of Beelzebub ? 

Macbeth, ii. 3. 



BETRAY. 
0, then my best blood turn 
To an infected jelly ; and my name 
Be yok'd with his, that did betray the Best f 

Winter's Tale, i. 2. 

60 



WITH CORRESPONDING- PASSAGES FROM 

mois mint 

BASAN. 
As the Hill of Basan, so is God's Hill: even an high 
hill as the Hill of Basan. Psalm Ixviii. 

Many oxen are come about me : fat bulls of Basan 
close me in on every side Psalm xxii. 

Lift up thy voice in Basan. 

Jeremiah, xxii. 

BELIEVE. 
Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and 
wonders, ye will not believe. 

John, iv. 



BEELZEBUB. 
Ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub ; and 
if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons 
cast them out ? 

Luke, xi. 



BETRAY. 

And Jesus said. Woe to that man by whom the Son 

of Man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he 

had never been born ! 

Mark, xiv. 

51 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

BEWITCH. 
Look to it, lords ; let not his smoothing words 
Bewitch your hearts : be wise, and circumspect. 
What, though the common people favour him ! 

2 Henry VI. i. 1. 



I will counterfeit the hewitchnent of some popular man. 

COKIOLANUS, ii. 3. 



Pray God, he be not hewitcKd! 

Twelfth Night, iii. 4. 

Heavens grant that Warwick's words bewitch him not. 

3 Henry VI. iii. 3. 



BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOUR. 
Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes, 
Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated. 
This bird of dawning singeth all night long. 
So hallowed, and so gracious, is the time. 

Hamlet, i. 1. 



BLESSING. 

God^s henison go with you ! 

Macbeth, ii. 4. 

The bounty and the benison of Heaven, 

To boot, and boot. 

King Lear, iv. 6. 

52 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

BEWITCH. 
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which 
beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched 
the people of Samaria. 

Acts, viii. 

O foolish Galatians ! who hath bewitched you, that 
ye should not obey the truth ? 

Galatians, iii. 

To him they had regard, because that of long time 
he had bewitched them with sorceries. 

Acts, viii. 



BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOUR. 
Now, when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, 
in the days of Herod the King, behold, there came wise 
men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is He 
that is born King of the Jews ? for we have seen His 
star in the east, and are come to worship Him. 

Matthew, ii. 

BLESSING. 
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord! the gener- 
ation of the upright shall be blessed. 

Psalm cxii. 

He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and 
great. Psalm cxv. 

53 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

BLESSING — (confenwec?). 

The God of Heaven both now and ever hless her ! 

Henry VIII. v. 2. 

The Heavens have hless' d you with a goodly son, 
To be your comforter. 

ElCHARD III. i. 3. 

BLINDNESS — (Mental). 
Hast thou that holy feehng in thy soul, 
To counsel me to make my peace with God ; 
And art thou yet to thine own soul so blind, 
That thou wilt war with God by murdering me ? 

Richard III. i. 4. 

BLOOD. 
Whose maiden hlood, thus rigorously efFus'd, 
Will cry for vengeance at the gates of Heaven. 

1 Henry VI. v. 4. 

I am in blood 
Stept in so far, that should I wade no more. 



Returning were as tedious as go o'er. 



Macbeth, iii. 4. 



BOUNDS. 
There's nothing, situate under Heaven's eye, 
But hath His bound, in earth, in sea, in sky. 

Comedy of Errors, ii. 1. 

54 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

BLESSING— (continued). 
Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son 
David ! 

1 Samuel, xxvi. 

And David sent to comfort Hanun, for his father. 

2 Samuel, x. 

BLINDNESS — (Mental). 
Having the understanding darkened, being ahenated 
from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in 
them, because of the blindness of their heart. 

Ephesians, iv. 



BLOOD. 

Shed not innocent blood. 

Jebemiah, vii. 

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood 
be shed. 

Genesis, ix. 



Lord, holy and true! Dost Thou not judge and 

n the earth ? 
Eevelation, vi. 



avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth ? 



BOUNDS. 
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the 
day and night come to an end. 

Job, xxvi. 



55 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

BOOK OF LIFE. 
If ever I were traitor, 
My name be blotted from the Book of Life^ 
And I from Heaven banish'd, as from hence. 

ElCHARD II. i. 8. 

If thy offences were upon record, 
Would it not shame thee to read a lecture 
Of them ? 

Mark'd with a blot, damn'd in the Booh of Heaven. 

Richard II. iv. 1. 

BOW THE KNEE. 
Rather let my head 
Stoop to the block, than these knees how to any. 
Save to the God of Heaven, and to my king. 

2 Henuy VI. iv. 1. 

On my knee 
I give Heaven thanks, I was not like to thee. 

King John, i. 1. 

Help, angels, make assay ! 
Bow, stubborn knees ! and, heart, with strings of steel. 
Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe. Hamlet, iii. 3. 

CAIN. 
With Cain go wander through the shade of night, 
And never shew thy head by day nor light. 

Richard II. v. 6. 



56 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

BOOK OF LIFE. 
If any man shall take away from the words of the 
book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out 
of the Book of Life. 

Revelation, xxii. 

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in 
white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of 
the Book of Life. 

Revelation, iii. 



BOW THE KNEE. 
Thus saith the Lord that created the Heavens ; God 
Himself that formed the earth and made it : Look unto 
Me, all the ends of the earth, for L am God, and there 
is none else ; and unto Me every knee shall bow, every 
tongue shall swear ! Isaiah, xlv. 

For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee 
shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God ! 

Romans, xiv. 

And they cried before him, Bow the knee. 

Genesis, xli. 

CAIN. 
Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the 
face of the earth ; and from Thy face shall I be hid ; 
and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth. 

Genesis, iv. 

57 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

CAMEL. 
It is as hard to come, as for a camel 
To thread the postern of a needle's eye. 

KiCHARD II. V. 5. 



CAUSE. 

God befriend us, as our cause is just. 

1 Henry IV. v. 1. 



CHRIST. 
Many a time hath banish'd Norfolk fought 
For Jesu Christ : in glorious christian field 
Streaming the ensign of the christian cross, 
Against black pagans, Turks, and Saracens. 

ElCHARD II. iv. 1. 



It hath been taught us from the primal state, 
That He which is, was wish'd until He were. 

Antony and Cleopatra, i. 4. 



And there, at Venice, gave 
His body to that pleasant country's earth, 
And his pure soul unto hi^ captain, Christ, 
Under whose colors he had fought so long. 

Richard II. iv. 1. 

58 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

CAMEL. 
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to 
go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to 
enter into the kingdom of God. 

Matthew, xix. 



CAUSE. 
I would seek unto God; and unto God would I com- 
mit my cause. 

Job, v. 



CHRIST. 
He that loseth his life for J% sake, shall find it : who- 
soever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny 
before Mi/ Father which is in Heaven. 

Matthew, x. 



The Lord Himself shall give you a sign : — Behold, a 
virffin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his 
name ImmanueL 

Isaiah, vii. 



Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus: endure 
hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 

2 Timothy, ii. 



Behold, God himself is with us for our Captain. 

2 Chronicles, xiii 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

CHRIST — {continued). 
And, were these inward wars once out of hand, 
We would, dear lords, unto the Holy Laud. 

2 Henry IV. iii. 1. 



As far as to the sepulchre of Christ, 
(Whose soldier now, under whose blessed cross 
We are impressed and engag'd to fight) ; 
To chase these pagans, in those holy Jields^ 
Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet, 
Which, fourteen hundred years ago, were nail'd 
For our advantage, on the bitter cross. 

1 Henry IV. i. 1. 



And my name 
Be yok'd with his that did betray the Best ! 

Winter's Tale, i. 2. 



Now, by the death of Him that died for all, 

******* 

Wherefore weeps Warwick, my valiant son ? 

2 Henry VI. i. 1. 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

CERIST — (continued). 
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their 
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the Iwffdom ; 
and His fame went through all Syria ; and there fol- 
lowed Hun great multitudes of people from Galilee, and 
from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, 
and from beyond Jordan. 

Matthew, iv. 



And Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve 
disciples apart in the way, and said unto them. Behold, 
we go up to Jerusalem ; and the Son of Man shall be 
betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes ; 
and they shall condemn Him to death ; and shall deliver 
Him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to 
crucify Him ; and the third day He shall rise again. 

Matthew, xx. 



And they crucified Him : He rose again the third 
day, and He appeared unto His disciples in Galilee, and 
spake unto them, saying. All power is given unto Me 
in heaven and in earth : go ye, therefore, and teach 
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them 
to observe all things whatsoever / have commanded 
you ; and lo ! / am with you alway, even unto the end 
of the world. Amen. 

Matthew. 

61 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

CHRISTIAN. 
We trifle time away ; I long 
To have this young one made a christian. 

Henry VIII. v. 2. 

Now, as I am a christian, answer me. 

Comedy of Errors, i. 2. 

I hate him, for he is a christian. 

Merchant of Venice, i. 3. 

I shall be saved by my husband : he has made me a 
christian. Merchant of Venice, iii. 5. 

CHARGE. 

Heaven, lay not my transgression to my charge f 

King John, i. 1. 

CHERUBIM. 

O ! a cherubim 
Thou wast that did preserve me : thou didst smile, 
Infused with a fortitude from Heave?!. 

Tempest, i. 2. 



CHURCH. 
The King is full of grace and fair regard. 
And a true lover of the holy church. 

Henry V. i. 1. 

How much are we bound to Heaven 
In daily thanks, that gave us such a prince ; 
Not only good and wise, but most religious : 
One that, in all obedience, makes the church 
The chief aim of his honour. Henry VIII. v. 2. 

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CHRISTIAN. 

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuad- 
est me to be a christian. Acts, xxvi. 

Yet, if any man suiFer as a christian, let him not be 
ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf. 

1 Peter, iv. 

And it came to pass, that a whole year they assem- 
bled themselves with the church, and taught much 
people ; and the disciples were called christians first in 
Antioch. Acts, xi. 

CHARGE. 

Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. 

Acts, vii. 

CHERUBIM. 
Lord of Hosts, that dwellest between the cheru- 
hims, TIioii art the God, even Thou alone ! 

Isaiah, xxxvii. 

The Lord reigneth ; He sitteth between the cheru- 
hims : let the earth be moved ! 

Psalm xcix. 
CHURCH. 
Christ is the Head of the church; and He is the 
Saviour of the body.. * * Christ loved the church, 
and gave Himself for it, that He might present it to 
Himself a glorious church, holy and without blemish. 

Ephesians, v. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 
COMFORT. 



that comfort comes too late ^ 



'Tis like a pardon after execution : 

Now I am past all comfort here — but prayers. 

Henry VIII. iv. 2. 



Comfort's in P aven, and we are on the earth. 

Richard II. ii. 2. 



My comfort is, that Heaven will take our souls. 

Richard II. iii. 1. 



I conjure thee, as thou believ'st 
There is another comfort than this world. 
That thou neglect me not. 

Measure for Measure, v. 1. 



I will keep her ignorant of her good. 

To make her heavenly comforts of despair. 

Measure for Measure, iv. 



of comfort no man speak : 



Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs. 

Richard II. iii. 2. 

God comfort him in this necessity ! 

1 Henry VI. iv. 3. 

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COMFORT. 
Thou hast caused me to put my trust in Thy word ; 
the same is my comfort in my trouble. 

Let 7%y merciful kindness be for my comfort. 

Psalm cxix. 

God is in Heaven^ and thou upon earth. 

ECCLESIASTES, V. 

I remembered thine everlasting judgment, Lord, 
and received comfort. 

Psalm cxix. 

Thy mercy, Lord, held me up ! Thy comforts have 
refreshed my soul. 

Psalm xciv. 

Blessed he God, the Father of mercies, and the God of 
all comfort, who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that 
we may be able to comfort them which are in any 
trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are 
comforted of God. 2 Corinthians, i. 

Are not my days few ? Cease, then, and let me 
alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go, even 
to the land of darkness and the shadow oi death. 

Job, X. 

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 

Isaiah, xl. 

5 65 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

COMMANDMENTS. 
Obey thy parents ; keep thy word justly ; swear not; 
commit not with man's sworn spouse ; set not thy sweet 
heart on proud array. 

King Lear, iii. 4. 

Thou shalt not steal. 

Measure for Measure, i. 2. 



CONSCIENCE. 

The worm of conscience still be-gnaw thy soul ! 

Richard III. i. 3. 

I'll haunt thee like a wicked conscience still. 

Troilus and Cressida, v. 11. 

With God, her conscience, and these bars against me. 

Richard III. i. 2. 



I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, 
A still and quiet conscience. 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 



CONTEMPLATION. 
If we did think 
His contemplation were above the earth, 
And fix'd on spiritual object, he should still 
Dwell in his musings. Henry VITT. iii. 2. 

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WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

moist mixiU 

COMMANDMENTS. 
And Moses was with the Lord forty days and forty 
nights ; and he wrote upon the tables the words of the 
covenant, the ten commandments ; and he gave in com- 
mandment to the children of Israel all that the Lord had 
spoken. Exodus, xxxiv. 

Your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord, 
therefore shall ye keep all the commandments. 

Deuteronomy, xi. 

CONSCIENCE. 

Their mind and conscience is defiled. 

Titus, i. 

And they which heard it, being convicted by their 
own conscience, went out one by one. 

John, viii. 



Their conscience also bearing witness, and their 

Romans, ii. 



thouo-hts the meanwhile accusing. 



For our rejoicing is this, — the testimony of our con- 
science. 2 Corinthians, i. 

CONTEMPLATION. 
Hear my -prayer^ Lord! give ear to my supplica- 
tions : I remember the days of old ; I meditate on all 
Thy works : I muse on the works of Thy hands. 

Psalm cxliii. 

67 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

COMMANDER. 
We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee, 
Love thee as our commander, and our king. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona, iv. 1. 

CORRECTION. 
This sorrow's heavenly ; 
It strikes where it doth love. Othello, v. 2. 

Since correction lieth in those hands, 
Which made the fault, that we cannot correct, 
Put we our quarrel to the will of Heaven. 

Richard II. i. 2. 

CRIME. 

If you bethink yourself of any crime, 

Unreconcil'd as yet to Heaven and grace, 

Solicit for it straight. 

Othello, v. 2. 

CROWN. 
Not to-day, Lord! 
O, not to-day ! think not upon the fault 
My father made in compassing the crown. 

Henry V. iv. 1. 

Ere the next Ascension-day, at noon. 

Your highness should deliver up your crown. 

King John, iv, 2. 

Our holy lives must win a new world's crown, 
Which, our profane hours here, have stricken down. 

Richard II. v. 1. 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

Rolg mivit 

COMMANDER. 
I have given him for a leader and commander to the 
people. 

Isaiah, Iv. 

CORRECTION. 

Whom the Lord loveth, ITe correcteth. 

Proverbs, iii. 

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth. 

Job, v. 



CRIME. 
This is an heinous crime, it is an iniquity to be pun- 
ished by the judges ; what then shall I do when God 
riseth up ? when He visiteth, what shall I answer Him f 

Job, xxxi. 

CROWN. 
And he took their King's crown from off his head : 

and it was set on David's head. 

2 Samuel, xii. 

Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and 
take off the crown. 

EZEKIEL, XXi. 

Thou hast made void the covenant of Thy servant, 

Thou hast profaned his crown. 

Psalm Ixxxix. 

Now they do this to obtain a corruptible crown, but 
we an incorruptible. l Corinthians, ix. 

69 



KELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

CRUEL. 

I, that am cruel, am yet merciful. 

Othello, v. 2. 



You must not dare, for shame, to talk of mercy. 

Henry V. ii. 2. 



CURSES. 
Their curses now 
Live where their prayers did. Henry VHI. i. 2. 

Can curses pierce the clouds, and enter Heaven ? 

Richard HI. i. 3. 

DAMNATION. 
If thou dost slander her, and torture me. 
Never pray more ; abandon all remorse ; 
Do deeds to make Heaven weep, all earih amaz'd ; 
For nothing canst thou to damnation add, 
Greater than that ! Othello, iii. 3. 

O ! when the last account 'twixt Heaven and earth 
Is to be made, then shall this hand and seal 
Witness against us to damnation. 

King John, iv. 2. 

DEATH. 

We cannot hold mortality's strong hand. 

***** 

Have I commandment on the pulse of life ? 

King John, iv. 2. 

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CRUEL. 

The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 

Proverbs, xiii 

They are cruel, and have no mercy. 

Jeremiah, vi. 

CURSES. 
It shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto 
the A'oice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all IRs 
commandments and His statutes, that all curses shall 
come upon thee, and overtake thee. 

Deuteronomy, xxviii. 

DAMNATION. 
Then, in the audience of all the people, He said unto 
His disciples. Beware of the Scribes, which devour 
widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers : the 
same shall receive greater damnation. 

Luke, xx. 

"Whosoever resisteth the power, resisteth the ordi- 
nance of God ; and they that resist shall receive to 
themselves damnation. 

Romans, xiii. 

DEATH. 
The hand of the Lord hath wrought this, in Whose 
hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of 
all mankind. 

Job, xii. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

DEATH — (continued). 
The dread of something after death 
Makes us rather bear those ills we have, 
Than fly to others that we know not of. 

Hamlet, iii. 1. 

My joy is death / 
Deaths at whose name I oft have been afear'd, 
Because I wish'd this world's eternity ! 

2 Henry VI. ii. 4. 

All, that live, must die, 
Passing through nature to eternity. 

Hamlet, i. 2. 

Ah ! what a sign it is of evil life, 

When death's approach is seen so terrible. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 3. 

'Tis a vile thing to die, 
When men are unprepar'd, and look not for it. 

KiCHARD III. 2. 

Th' unguided days that you shall look upon 
When I am sleeping with my ancestors. 

2 Henry IV. iv. 4. 

Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice, 

And lift my soid to Heaven. 

***** 

Heaven has an end in all : the last hour 
Of my long weary life is come upon me. 

Henry VIII. ii. 1. 

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moist miviu 

DEATR — (continued). 
If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; 
yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they 
shall be many. 

ECCLESIASTES, xi. 

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and 
life unto the bitter in soul; which long for death, but it 
Cometh not, — which are glad when they can find the 
grave ? 

Job, iii. 

As sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace 
reign through righteousness unto eternal life. 

Romans, v. 



And now my soid is poured out upon me : the days 
of affliction have taken hold upon me ; for I know that 
Thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed 
for all living. 

Job, XXX. 



So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in 
the city of David. 

1 Kings, ii. 

Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last 
end be like his. 

Numbers, xxiii. 
73 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

DEVOTION. 
Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, 
But still remember what the Lord hath done. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 



DEW — (of Heaven). 
I of these covei 
Fall on their heads like dew 1 



The benediction of these covering Heavens 



Cymbeline, v. 5. 

The dews of Heaven fall thick in blessings on her ! 

Henry VIII. iv. 2. 



DIE. 
Now, quiet soid, depart when Heaven shall please ; 
What is the trust or strength of foolish man ? 
E'en Kings and mightiest potentates must die, 
For that's the end of human misery. 

1 Henry VI, iii. 2. 



DIVINITY — (Spirit of). 
Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, 
* * * * and that should teach us 
There's a divinity that shapes our ends, 
Rough-hew them how we will. 

Hamlet, v. 2. 

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DEVOTION. 
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with 
pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remem- 
brance of thee in my prayers night and day. 

2 Timothy, i. 

DEW— (OF Heaven). 
The fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn 
and wine ; also his Heavens shall drop down dew. 

Deuteronomy, xxxiii. 

The seed shall be prosperous, the vine shall give her 
fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the 
Heavens shall give their dew. 

Zechaiuah, viii. 

DIE. 
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every 
purpose under Heaven : a time to be born, and a time 
to die. 

ECCLESIASTES, iii. 

It is appointed unto men once to die. 

Hebrews, ix. 

DIVINITY — ( Spirit of). , 
There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the 
Almighty giveth them understanding. 

Job, xxxii. 



75 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

ENEMY. 
He hath ever been God's enemy ; 
Then, if you fight against God's enemy, 
God will, in justice, ward you as His soldiers. 

ElCHARD III. V. 3. 

Now, quiet soid, depart when Heaven shall please ; 
For I have seen our enemies' overthrow. 

1 Henry VL iii. 2. 



EVE. 
What Eve, what serpent hath suggested thee 
To make a second fall of cursed man ? 

KiCHARD II. iii. 4. 



EXAMPLE. 
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do. 
Shew me the steep and thorny way to Heaven, 
Whilst, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, 
Himself the primrose-path of dalliance treads. 

Hamlet, i. 3. 

EXCELLENT. 
One that excels the quirks of blazoning pens, 
And in the essential vesture of creation, 
Does bear all excellency. 

Othello, ii. 1. 

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ENEMY. 
Wilt Thou not slay the wicked, God? for thine 
enemies take Thy Name in vain ! 

Psalm cxxxix. 

And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down 
their enemies in the battle ; and they shall fight because 
the Lord is with them. 

Zechariah, X. 



EVE. 
She took of the forbidden fruit, and did eat thereof, 
and gave also unto her husband, and he did eat. And 
the Lord God said unto Adam, Cursed is the ground for 
thy sake : out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, 
and unto dust shalt thou return. 

Genesis, iii. 

EXAMPLE. 
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from 
every brother that walketh disorderly ; we make our- 
selves an ensample -unto you to follow us. 

2 Thessalonians, iii. 

EXCELLENT. 
Lord our Governour, how excellent is Thy Name 
in all the world : Thou that hast set Thy glory above 
the Heavens 1 

Psalm viii. 

77 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

EYE OF HEAVEN. 
All places that the eye of Heaven visits, 
Are to a wise man, ports, and happy havens. 

Richard II. i. 



EYES. 
His grandam's wrongs, and not his mother's shames. 
Draw those Heaven-moymg pearls from his poor eyes, 
Which Heaven shall take in nature of a fee ; 
Ay, with those crystal beads, Heaven shall be brib'd 
To do him justice. 

King John, ii. 1. 

FAITH. 
The latest breath, that gave the sound of words, 
Was deep-sworn faith. 

King John, iii. 1. 

FAITHFUL. 
I have this day receiv'd a traitor's judgment, 
And by that name must die ; yet, Heaven bear witness, 
And if I have a conscience, let it sink me. 
Even as the axe falls, if I be not faithful. 

Henry VIII. ii. 1. 

FALSEHOOD. 
Take heed ; 
JjestHe, that is the supreme King of kings, 
Confound your hidden falsehood. 

Richard III. ii. 1. 

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fj^ols Wivit 

EYE OF HEAVEN. 
A land which the Lord thy God careth for : the eyes 
of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the be- 
ginning of the year even unto the end of the year. 

Deuteronomy, xi. 

EYES. 

It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction. 

2 Samuel, xvi. 

Thus saith the Lord, the God of David, /have heard 
thy prayers, L have seen thy tears ; behold, / will heal 
thee. 2 Kings, xx. 

FAITH. 
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast 
heard of me, in faith which is in Christ. 

2 Timothy, i. 

FAITHFUL. 
Be thou faithfid unto death, and / will give thee a 
crown of life. 

Revelation, ii. 



FALSEHOOD. 
When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it 
shall not come unto us ; for we have made lies our 
refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves. 

Isaiah, xxviii. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

FAULTS. 
Our purposes God justly hath discover'd ; 
And I repent vajfaitlt, more than my death. 

Henry V. ii. 2. 



FEARS. 
Their sense, thus weak, lost with their /ears, thus strong. 
Made senseless things begin to do them wrong. 

Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 2. 



FIRE. 
Never till to-night, never till now. 
Did I go through a tempest dropping Jire. 

Julius C^sar, i. 3. 



FIRMAMENT. 
The meteors fright the fixed stars of Heaven : 
I see thy glory, like a shooting star. 
Fall to the base earth from the firmament 1 

Richard II. ii. 4. 

Look, how the floor of Heaven 
Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold ; 
There's not the smallest orh which thou behold'st, 
But in his motion like an angel sings. 
Still quiring to the young-ey'd cheruUms : 
Such harmony is in immortal soids. 

Merchant of Venice, v. 1. 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

moist Wivit 

FAULTS. 
Confess your faults one to another, and prai/ one for 
another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent 
prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 

James, v. 

FEAES. 
Fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succours 
which reason offereth. 

Wisdom of Solomon, xvii. 



FIRE. 
God maketh Jlre come down from Heaven on the 
earth, in the sight of men. 

Ekvelation, xiii. 



FIRMAMENT. 
God said, Let there be a firmament, and it was so ; 
and God called the firmament Heaven. And God said, 
Let there be lights in the firmament of Heaven, to give 
light upon the earth : and it was so. Genesis, i. 

The Heavens declare the glory of God, and the firma- 
ment sheweth His handy-work. Psalm xix. 

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament 
of the heaven, to give light upon the earth ; the greater 
light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the 
night : He made the stars also. Genesis, i. 

6 81 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

FORGIVENESS. 
When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down 
And ask of thee forgiveness. King Lear, v. 3. 

I as free forgive as I would be forgiven. 

Henry VIII. ii. 1. 

I pardon him, as God shall pardon me. 

Richard II. v. 3. 

God forgive them that so much have sway'd 
Your majesty's good thoughts away from me. 

1 Henry IV. iii. 2. 

FORSWEAR. 

God forbid your grace should hQ forsworn. 

3 Henry VI. i. 2. 

Ay, he forswore himself, — which Jesu pardon ! 

Richard III. i. 3. 

FORTRESS. 
God is our fortress : in whose conquering name. 
Let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks. 

1 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

FURNACE. 
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot 
That it do singe yourself. 



Henry VIH. i. 1. 



GARDEN. 

God saw him when he was hid in the garden. 

Much ado about Nothing, v. 1. 



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Ji^dlg Wivit 

FORGIVENESS. 
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also ; for if 
I forgave any thing, for your sakes forgave I it, in the 
person of Christ. 2 Corinthians, ii. 

Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that 
trespass against us. 

Liturgy. 

Forgive, and y^ shall he forgiven. 

Luke, vi. 

FORSWEAR. 
Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform 
unto the Lord thine oaths. 

Matthew, v. 

FORTRESS. 
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my de- 
liverer ; so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 

2 Samuel, xxii. 

FURNACE. 
The King commanded that they should heat the fur- 
nace one seven times more than it was wont to be 
heated. * * * The flames of the fire slew those 
men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 

Daniel, iii. 

GARDEN. 
And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the pres- 
ence of the Lord God, amongst the trees of the garden. 

Genesis, iii. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

GATES OF HEAVEN. 
Then, Heaven, set ope thy everlasting gates, 
To entertain my vows of thanks and praise. 

2 Henry VI. iv. 9. 



Open Thy gate of mercy, gracious God ; 
My soul flies through these wounds to seek out Thee. 

3 Henry VI. i. 4. 



GENTLE. 
He to-day that sheds his blood with me 
Shall be my brother : — be he ne'er so vile, 
This day shall gentle his condition. 

Henry V. iv. 3. 

GIFTS — (Spiritual). 
How he solicits Heaven, 
Himself best knows ; but strangely-visited people, 
All swoln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye. 
The mere despair of surgery, he cures ; 
Hanging a golden stamp about their necks. 
Put on with holy prayers : and 'tis spoken, 
To the succeeding royalty he leaves 
The healing benediction. With this strange virtue, 
He hath a Heavenly gift of prophecy ; 
And sundry blessings hang about his throne. 
That speak him full of grace. Macbeth, iv. 3. 

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GATES OF HEAVEN. 
Lift up your heads, O ye gates : and be ye lift up, ye 
everlasting doors ; and the King of Glory shall come in. 

Psalm xxiv. 

go your way into His gates with thanksgiving, and 
into His courts with praise. 

Psalm c. 

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may go 
in to them, and give thanks unto the Lord. 

Psalm cxviii. 

GENTLE. 
A virtuous and a good man, reverend in conversation 
and gentle in condition. 

2 Maccabees, xv. 



GIFTS — (Spiritual). 
There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit ; 
and there are diversities of operations, but it is the same 
God which worketh all ; for to one is given by the Spirit 
the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge, 
to another faith, to another the gifts of healing, to an- 
other the working of miracles, to another prophecy. 

1 Corinthians, xii. 



85 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

GLORIFY. 
Tell us here the circumstance, 
That we for thee may glorify the Lord. 

2 Henry VL ii. 1. 



GOD. 
Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal 
I serv'd my King, Be would not in mine age 
Have left me naked to mine enemies. 

Henky VIIL iii. 2. 



God, and your Majesty, protect mine innocence ! 

Henry VHL v. 1. 



O remember, God, 
To hear her prayers for them, as now for us ! 
Be satisfied, dear God, with our true bloods, 
Which, as Thou know'st, unjustly must be spilt. 

EiCHARD HL iii. 3. 



GOD KNOWN. 
Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her ; 
Her own shall bless her : Good grows with her ; 

In her days 
God shall he trtdy known ; and those about her 
From her shall read the perfect ways of honour. 

Henry Vm. v. 4. 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

GLORIFY. 
If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him 
in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. 

John, xiii. 



GOD. 
Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall. It is 
better to trust in the Lord, than to put any confidence 
in man. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put 
any confidence in princes. 

Psalm cxviii. 

God is our hope and strength : a very present help 
in trouble. 

Psalm xlvi. 

It is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for 
well doing, than for evil doing. 

1 Peter, iii. 



GOD KNOWN. 
We have heard Him ourselves, and know that this is 
indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. 

John, iv. 

Jesus taught in the temple, saying, Ye both know Me 
and ye know whence / am. John, vii. 

They shall all know Me, from the least of them unto 
the greatest of them, saith the Lord. 

Jeremiah, xxxi. 
87 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

GOD'S GLORY. 
I shall be well content with any choice, 
Tends to God's glory and my country's weal. 

1 Henry VI. v. 1. 



GOLGOTHA. 
The blood of English shall manure the ground, 
And future ages groan for this foul act. 
Disorder, horror, fear, and mutiny. 
Shall here inhabit ; and this land be call'd 
The field of Golgotha, and dead men's skulls. 

Richard H. iv. 1. 



GOOD AND EVIL. 
God Almighty ! 
There is some soul of goodness in things evil, 
Would men observingly distil it out. 

Henry V. iv. 1, 



GRACE OF GOD. 
Though thy speech doth fail, 
One eye thou hast, to look to Heaven for grace. 

1 Henry VI. i. 4. 

O momentary grace of mortal men. 
Which we more hunt for than the grace of God ! 

Richard III. iii. 4. 



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GOD'S GLORY. 

Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 

1 Corinthians, x. 

Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare His 
praise in the islands. 

Isaiah, xlii. 
GOLGOTHA. 
And He, bearing His cross, went forth into a place 
called the place of a skull, which is called, in the He- 
brew, Golgotha. John, xix. 

And when they were come into a place called Gol- 
gotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave Him 
vinegar to drink, mingled with gall. 

Matthew, xxvii. 

GOOD AND EVIL. 
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the 
gates of the righteous. 

Pkoveebs, xiv. 

God shall bring every work into judgment, with every 
secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. 

Ecclesiastes, xii. 

GEACE OF GOD. 
By grace are ye saved through faith ; and that not 
of yourselves, it is the Gift of God. 

Ephesians, ii. 

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without 
which no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently, lest 
any man fail of the grace of God. 

Hebrews, xii. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

GRAFTED. 
Methinks I hear him now, — his plausive words 
He scatter'd not in ears, but grafted them 
To grow there, and to bear. 

All's well that ends well, i. 2. 



GREAT NAME. 
Wherever the bright sun of Heaven shall shine, 
His honour and the greatness of his name 
Shall be. He shall flourish ; and our children's children 
Shall see this, and bless Heaven. Henry VIII. v. 4. 

GUIDE. 
All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement 
Inhabits here : — some Heavenly power guide us ! 

Tempest, v. 1. 

HAIL. 
Did they not sometime cry. All hail I to me ? 
So Judas did to Christ. 

Richard II. iv. 1. 

To say the truth, so Judas kiss'd his Master ; 
And cried All hail ! when as he meant — all harm. 

3 Henry VI. v. 7. 

HAND OF GOD. 
Fears and scruples shake us. 
In the great hand of God I stand. 

Macbeth, ii. 3. 

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GRAFTED. 
Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that the 
words which we have heard this day with our outward 
ears, may, through Thy grace, be so grafted inwardly in 
our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of 
good Uving. 

Liturgy. 
GREAT NAME. 
I have made thee a great name, Hke unto the name 
of the great men that are in the earth. 

2 Samuel, vii. 



GUIDE. 
The Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy 
soul. 

Isaiah, Iviii. 

HAIL. 
Now he that betrayed Him, gave them a sign, saying. 
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is He : hold Him 
fast. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, 
Master / and kissed Him. 

Matthew, xxvi. 



HAND OF GOD. 
Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, 
that He may exalt you in due time. 

1 Peter, v. 

91 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

HEAD. 
"We'll both together lift our heads to Heaven, 
And never more abase our sight so low, 
As to vouchsafe one glance unto the ground. 

2 Henky VI. i. 2. 
HEAVEN. 

you powers 
That give Heaven countless eyes to view men's acts. 

Pericles, i. 1. 

thou eternal Mover of the Heavens ! 
Look with a gentle eye upon this wretch. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 3. 

Here, afore Heaven 

1 ratify this my rich gift. 

Tempest, iv.l. 

HEROD. 
Whiles the mad mothers, with their howls confus'd, 
Do break the clouds, as did the wives of Jewry, 
At Herod's bloody-hunting slaughtermen. 

Henry V. iii. 3. 



HOPE. 

Farewell 
The hopes of court ! my hopes in Heaven do dwell. 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 

The miserable have no other medicine. 
But only hope. 

Measure for Measure, iii. 1. 



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HEAD. 
Thou^ Lord! art a shield for me ; my glo7"y, and 
the lifter up of mine head. . 

Psalm iii. 

HEAVEN. 
Can any hide himself in secret places that /shall not 
see him ? 

Jeremiah, xxiii. 

The Lord looked down from ITeaven, and beheld all 
the children of men. 

Psalm xxxiii. 

Now, behold, my Witness is in Heaven, and my 
record is on High. 

Job, xvi. 

HEROD. 

Depart hence, for Herod will kill thee. 

Luke, xiii. 

Immediately the King {Herod) sent an executioner, 
and commanded his {John the Baptist's) head to be 
brought. 

Mark, vi. 
HOPE. 

And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is in Thee. 

Psalm xxxix. 

And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord. 

Jeremiah, xxxi. 

Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord. 

Psalm xl. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

HOLY LAND. 
Laud be to God! even there my life must end 
It hath been prophesied to me many years, 
I should not die but in Jerusalem, 
Which vainly I suppos'd the Holy Land. 

2 Henry IV. iv. 4. 

HOSPITALITY. 
My master is of churlish disposition, 
And little recks to find the way to Heaven, 
By doing deeds of hospitality. 

As YOU LIKE IT, ii. 4. 

HUMILITY. 
Show me thy humble heart, and not thy knee. 

KiCHARD II. ii. 3. 

I thank my God for my humility. 

KiCHARD III. ii. 1. 

IDOLATRY. 
'Tis mad idolatry, 
To make the service greater than the god. 

Troilus and Cressida, ii. 2. 



IMAGE. 

Waiting-vassals 
Have done a drunken slaughter, and defac'd 
The precious image of our dear Redeemer. 

Richard III. ii. 1. 

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HOLY LAND. 
It was Thy will to destroy, by the hands of our fathers, 
both those old inhabitants of Thy Holy Land ; that the 
land which Thou esteemed'st above all other, might re- 
ceive a worthy colony of God's children. 

Solomon, xii. 

HOSPITALITY. 
Above all things, have fervent charity among your- 
selves ; use hospitality one to another, without grudging. 

1 Peter, iv. 



HUMILITY. 

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom 
and before honour is humility. 

Proverbs, xv. 



IDOLATRY. 
Their land, also, is full of idols ; they worship the 
work of their own hands, that which their own fingers 
have made. 

Isaiah, ii. 



IMAGE. 
God did predestinate man to be conformed to the 
image of His Son; that he might be the first-born 
among many brethren. 

KoMANs, viii. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

IMPIETY. 
Thy bones are hollow : impiety hath made a feast of 
thee. 

Measure for Measure, i. 2. 

INDIGNATION. 
Withhold Thine indignation, mighty Heaven I 
And tempt us not to bear above our power. 

King John, v. 6. 

INHERITANCE. 

To hold in right and title of the female : 

***** 

For in the Book of Numbers is it writ, 
When the son dies, let the inheritance 
Descend unto the daughter. Henry V. i. 2. 

INNOCENCE. 
God, our hope, will succour us ; 
The trust I have is in mine innocence, 
And therefore am I bold and resolute. 

2 Henry VI. iv. 4. 

INSPIRATION. 
Your father was ever virtuous ; and holy men at their 
death have good inspirations. 

Merchant of Venice, i. 2. 

Virtuous and holy ; chosen from Above, 
By inspiration of celestial grace ; 
To work exceeding miracles on earth. 

1 Henry VI. v. 4. 



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S^ols WLvit 

IMPIETY. 
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength ; 
but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strength- 
ened himself in his wickedness ! Psalm lii. 

INDIGNATION. 
The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power : who 
can stand before His indignation f 

Nahum, i. 

INHERITANCE. 
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause 
his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 

Numbers, xxvii. 



INNOCENCE. 
In the integrity of my heart, and innocency of my 
hands, have I done this. Genesis, xx. 

I will wash my hands in innocency. 

Psalm xxvi. 

INSPIRATION. 
There is a s'pirit in man, and the inspiration of the 
Almighty giveth them understanding. 

Job, xxxii. 

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is 
profitable for instruction in righteousness. 

2 Timothy, iii. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

JEPHTHAH. 
Jephthah, Judge of Israel, what a treasure had'st 
thou! 

" One fair daughter, and no more ; 
The which he loved passing well." 

Hamlet, ii. 2. 

Perhaps, thou wilt object my holy oath ; — 
To keep that oath were more impiety 
Than Jephthah's, when he sacrific'd his daughter. 

3 Henry VI. v. 1. 



JERUSALEM. 
Awhile we must neglect 
Our holy purpose to Jerusalem. 

1 Henry IV. i. 1. 

Bear me to that chamber ; there I'll he ; 
In that Jerusalem shall Harry die. 

2 Henry IV. iv. 4. 

So part we sadly in this troublous world. 
To meet with joy in sweet Jerusalem. 

3 Henry VI. v. 5. 



JOY. 
Were it not good your grace could fly to Heaven \ 
The treasury of everlasting joy 1 

2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

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JEPHTHAH. 
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh, unto his house, and, 
behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tim- 
brels and with dances ; and she was his only child ; be- 
side her, he had neither son nor daughter. 

Judges, xi. 

Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah ; 
and Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord ; and he sac- 
rificed his daughter, according to the vow which he had 
vowed. 

Judges, xi. 

JERUSALEM. 
The King took counsel, and said unto them, It is too 
much for you to go up to Jerusalem. 

1 Kings, xii. 

Our feet shall stand in thy gates, Jerusalem I for 
there is the seat oi judgment : even the seat of the house 
of David. 

Psalm cxxii. 

Thus saith the Lord, 1 will dwell in the midst of Jeru- 
salem, and Jerusalem shall be called a City of Truth. 

Zechakiah, viii. 

JOY. 
The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but right- 
eousness, and peace, and joy. 

Romans, xiv. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

JOY — {continued). 
Feast and banquet in the open streets, 
To celebrate the joy that God hath given us. 

1 Henry VI. i. 6. 

God give me joi/ to wear it ; for my heart is exceeding 
heavy. 

Much ado about Nothing, iii. 4. 

He finds the Joys of Heaven here on earth. 

^ Merchant of Venice, iii. 5. 

JUDAS. 

Judas was hang'd on an elder. 

Love's labour's lost, v. 2. 

O, then, my best blood turn 
To an infected jelly ; and my name 
Be yok'd with Ms, that did betray the Best ! 

Winter's Tale, i. 2. 

JUDAS MACCABEUS. 
You shall present before her the nine worthies : 
Where will you find men worthy enough to present ? 
Joshua, yourself, myself \_Holofernes'], and this gallant 
gentleman, Judas Maccabceus. 

Love's labour's lost, v. 1. 



JUDGE. 
Heaven is above all yet ; there sits a Judge 
That no king can corrupt. 

Henry VHI. iii. 1. 

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JOY — (continued). 
God giveth to a man that is good in JIis sight, wis- 
dom, and knowledge, and joy. 

ECCLESIASTES, ii. 

Let the heart of them rejoice, that seek the Lord. 

Psalm cv. 

God had made them rejoice with great joy. 

Nehemiah, xii. 

JUDAS. 
Then Judas, which had betrayed ITim, cast down the 
pieces of silver in the Temple, departed, and went and 
hanged himself. 

Matthew, xxvii. 



JUDAS MACCABiEUS. 
Judas Maccahceus, with nine others, withdrew himself 
into the wilderness. 2 Maccabees, v. 

Nahuchodonosor, King of the Assyrians, called Holo- 
femes, the chief captain of his army. 

Judith, ii. 



JUDGE. 
God standeth in the congregation of princes ; He is 
judge among Gods. 

Psalm Ixxxii. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

JUDGE — {continued). 
That supernal Judge, that stirs good thoughts 
In any breast of strong authority ; 
That Judge hath made me guardian to this boy. 

King John, ii. 1. 

I say again, 
I utterly abhor ; yea, from my soul, 
Refuse you, for mj judge. 

Henry VIII. ii. 4. 

I would to Heaven I had your potency, 

***** 

I would tell what 'twere to be 2i judge. 

Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 

JUDGMENT. 

Forbear io judge, for we are sinners all. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 3. 

Thou thsitjudgest all things ! stay my thoughts ; 
If my suspect be false, forgive me, God / 
For judgment only doth belong to Thee. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 2. 

How would you be, 
If He, which is the top of judgment, should 
But judge you as you are ? — O, think on that ! 
And mercy then will breathe within your lips. 
Like man new made. 

Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 



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moist miviu 

JUDGE — {continued). 
Let them shout for joy because thou protectest them ; 
God is a righteous judge, God is judge Himself. 

Psalm v. 

The righteous might dispute with him ; so should I 
be delivered for ever from mj judge. 

Job, xxiii. 

Thou shalt provide, out of all the people, able men, 
such as fear God; men of truth ; and let i\\Qm judge the 
people at all times. 

Exodus, xviii. 

JUDGMENT. 
Judge not, that ye be not judged ; for with whaty^c^^'- 
meiit je judge, ye shall he, judged. 

Matthew, vii. 

Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compas- 
sion, every man to his brother. 

Zechariah, vii. 

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; judge 
righteously between every man, for the judgment is 
God's. 

Deuteronomy, i. 
Enter not into judgment with Thy sei^ant, Lord ! 
for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified. 

Psalm cxliv. 

We are sure that the judgment of God is according 
to truth. 

Romans, ii. 

103 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

JUST. 
Be just, and fear not ; 
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, 
Thy God's, and truth's. 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 

JUSTICE. 
God! I fear thy justice will take hold 
On me for this. 

Richard III. ii. 1. 

He, who the sword of Heaven will bear, 
Should be as holy as severe. 

Measure for Measure, iii. 2. 

Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — 
That, 171 the course of justice, none of us 
Should see salvation. 

Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. 

KILL. 
To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust ; 
But, in defence, by mercy, 'tis most just. 

TiMON OF Athens, iii. 5. 

KISS. 
Here, take you this, 
And seal the bargain with a holy kiss. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 2. 

And his kissing is as full of sanctity, as the touch of 
holy beard. As you like it, iii. 4. 

With this kiss, take my blessing : God protect thee ! 
Into whose hands I give thy life. Henry VIII. v. 4. 
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JUST. 
He that hath walked in My statutes, and hath kept My 
judgments, to deal truly, he is just ; he shall surely live, 
saith the Lord God. 

EzEKiEL, xviii. 

JUSTICE. 

Judgment and justice shall take hold on thee. 

Job, xxxvi. 

He that ruleth over men must be just. 

2 Samuel, xxiii. 

And David executed judgment and justice to all his 
people. 

2 Samuel, viii. 

Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do jus- 
tice ; for My salvation is near to come, and My righteous- 
ness to be revealed. 

Isaiah, Ivi. 
KILL. 

He that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 

Leviticus, xxiv. 

Thou shalt not kill. 

Exodus, xx. 
KISS. 

Salute one another with an holy hiss. 

Romans, xvi. 

And Joab took Amasa by the beard, with the right 
hand, to kiss him. 

2 Samuel, xx. 



105 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

KNOWLEDGE. 
Ignorance is the curse of God ; 
Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to Heaven. 

2 Henry VI. iv. 7. 



LANTERN. 
God shall be my hope, 
My stay, my guide, and lantern to my feet. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 3. 



LATTER DAYS. 
I myself will lead a private life, 
And in devotion spend my latter days, 
To sin's rebuke, and my Creator's praise. 

3 Henry VI. iv. 6. 

LAW. 
I lie open to the law ; 
But God, in mercy, so deal with my soid, 
As I, in duty, love my king and country. 

2 Henry VI. i. 3. 

How canst thou urge God's dreadful laiv to us, 
When thou hast broke it in such dear degree ? 

Richard III. i. 4. 



106 



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KNOWLEDGE. 

That the soul be without knowledge, it is not good. 

Proverbs, xiii. 

If they obey not, they shall die without knowledge. 

Job, xxxvj. 

And God said unto Solomon, Wisdom and knowledge 
is granted unto thee. 

2 Chronicles, xii. 

LAMP. 
Thi/ Word is a la77ip unto my feet, and a light unto 
my path. 

Psalms cv. cxix. 



LATTER DAYS. 
Afterward shall the Children of Israel return, and 
seek the Lord their God; and shall fear the Lord, and 
His goodness, in the latter days. 

HosEA, iii. 

LAW. 
Whoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law 
of the King, let judgment be executed speedily upon 
him. 

Ezra, vii. 

God shall smite thee ; for sittest thou to judge me 
after the law, and commandest me to be smitten con- 
trary to the law ? 

Acts, xxiii. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

LAW — (continued). 
Villain ! thou know'st no law of God nor man ; 
No beast so fierce, but knows some touch of pity. 

Richard III. i. 2. 

Take heed : for He holds vengeance in His hand, 
To hurl upon their heads that break His law. 

Richard III. i. 4. 



LIFE. 
Life's but a walking shadow ; * * * 
'Tis a tale 
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, 
Signifying nothing. Macbeth, v. 5. 

"We are such stuff 
As dreams are made of; and our little life 
Is rounded with a sleep. 

Tempest, iv. L 

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and 
bad together. 

All's well that ends well, iv. 3. 

Lord, that lends me life, 
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness ! 

2 Henry VI. i. 1. 

LIGHT. 
Heaven does with us as we with torches do, 
Not light them for themselves ; for, if our virtues 
Did not go forth with us, 'twere all alike 
As if we had them not. 

Measure for Measure, i. 1. 

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fl^olS! Wivit 

LAW — {continued). 
They kept not the covenant of God; and refused to 
walk in His laws ; but He, being full of compassion, for- 
gave their iniquity, and destroyed them not. 

Psalm Ixxviii. 

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord, our 
God, to walk in His laws which He set before us. 

Daniel, ix. 

LIFE. 
All our days are passed away ; we spend our years 
as a tale that is told. 

Psalm xc. 

Man is like to vanity ; his days are as a shadow that 
passeth away. 

Psalm cxliv. 

Who knoweth what is good for man in this life ? all 
the days of his vain life he spendeth as a shadow. 

ECCLESIASTES, vi. 

Thou hast granted me life, and favour, and Thy vis- 
itation hath preserved my spirit. 

Job, X. 



LIGHT. 
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see 
your good works, and glorify your Father, which is in 
Heaven. 

Matthew, v. 



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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

LUCIFER. 
And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, 
Never to hope again. Henry VIII. iii. 2. 

Thou art more deep-damn'd than Prince Lucifer. 

King John, iv. 3. 

MAKER. 
When I am in Heaven, I shall desire 
To see what this child does, and praise my Maker. 

Henry VIII. v. 4. 

MAN. 
What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in rea- 
son ! how infinite in faculties ! in form, and moving, 
how express and admirable ! in action how like an an- 
gel! in apprehension how like a God! The beauty of 
the world ! the paragon of animals ! 

Hamlet, ii. 2. 



MANNA. 

You drop manna in the way of starved people. 

Merchant of Venice, v. 1. 



MARRIAGE. 
God forbid that I should wish them sever'd. 
Whom God hath join'd together. 

3 Henry VI. iv. 1. 

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?^olg 212Srit 

LUCIFER. 
How art thou fallen from Heaven, Lucifer ! thou 
shalt be brought down to hell. 

Isaiah, xiv. 



MAKER. 

At that day shall a man look to his Maker. 

Isaiah, xvii. 



MAN. 
And God said, Let us make man in our own image, 
after our likeness : in the image of God created He him. 

Genesis, i. 

What is man, that Thou art mindful of him ? and the 
son of man, that Thou visitest him ? Thou hast made 
him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned 
him with glory and honour. 

Psalm viii. 

MANNA. 
And Moses said unto them, This is the hread which 
the Lord hath given you to eat. And the house of 
Tsrael called the name thereof manna. 

Exodus, xvi. 

Marriage. 
What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not 
man put asunder. 

Matthew, x'x. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

MAnmAGE— (continued). 
If either of you know any inward impediment, why 
you should not be conjoined, I charge you, on your 
souls, to utter it. 

Much ado about Nothing, iv. 1. 

MEECY. 
The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; 
It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven : 

It is an attribute to God Himself. 

Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. 

We do pray for mercy ; 
And that same -prayer doth teach us all to render 
The deeds of mercy. 

Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. 

How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none ? 
Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. 

As you are great, be 'pitifully good. 

TiMON OF Athens, iii. 5. 

MOON. 

Thou out of Heaven! 8 benediction com'st : 

***** 

Approach, thou beacon to this under globe ! 

King Lear, li. 2. 

MOTE. 
You found his mote, the King your mote did see ; 
But I a beam do find in each of three. 

Love's labour's lost, iv. 3. 

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MARRIAGE — {continued). 
If any of you know cause, or just impediment, why 
these two persons should not be joined together in holi/ 
matrimony, ye are to declare it. 

Protestant Ritual. 

MERCY. 
God shall send forth Bis mercy and truth. The 
greatness of His mercy reacheth unto the Heavens. 

PSALBI Ivii. 

As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to 
them. 

Luke, vi. 

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is 
merciful. 

Luke, vi. 

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 

Matthew, v. 

Thou, God! art gracious and true, long suffering, 
and in mercy ordering all things. Solomon, xxv. 

MOON. 
O, give thanks unto Him that made the Heavens ; to 
Him that stretched out the earth above the waters ! — 
to Him that made the sun to rule by day, the moon and 
stars to rule by night ! Psalm cxxxvi. 

MOTE. 
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy 
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in 
thine own eye? Matthew, vii. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

MUKDER. 
O, my offence is rank, it smells to Heaven ; 
It hath the primal, eldest curse upon 't — 
A brother's murder. Hamlet, iii. 3. 

Erroneous vassal ! the great King of Icings 

Hath, in the table of His law, commanded 

That ' Thou shall do no murder : ' Wilt thou, then, 

Spurn at His edict, and fulfil a man's ? 

Take heed ! for He holds vengeance in His hand, 

To hurl upon their heads that break His law. 

ElCHARD 111. i. 4. 

Are you call'd forth from out a world of men. 
To slay the innocent ? 

I charge you, as you hope for any goodness. 
By Christ's dear blood, shed for our grievous sins, 
That you depart, and lay no hands on me ; 
The deed you undertake is damnable. 

ElCHARD 111. i. 4. 

Murder not this innocent child. 
Lest thou be hated both of God and man. 

3 Henry VI. i. 3. 

As surely as my soul intends to live 

With that dread Xing, that took our state upon Him, 

To free us from His Father's wrathful curse, 

I do believe, that violent hands were laid 

Upon the life of this thrice-famed duke. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 2. 

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MURDER. 
And Cai7i talked with Abel his brother ; and it came 
to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up 
against Abel his brother, and slew him. 

Genesis, iv. 



As many as have sinned without law, shall also per- 
ish without law. 

Romans, ii. 



Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, 
Thou shall not kill: and whoever shall hill, shall be in 
danger of the judgment. 

Matthew, v. 



If any man rise up against his neighbour, and smite 
him mortally, that he die ; then the elders shall deliver 
him into the hands of the avengers of blood, that he 
may die. 

Deuteronomy, xix. 



He that smiteth a man so that he die, shall surely be 
put to death. 

Exodus, xxi. 



The land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed 
therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 

Numbers, xxxv. 

115 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

MVRDEU — {continued). 

This is the man should do the bloody deed. 

***** 

Old men and Beldames in the streets 
Do prophesy upon it dangerously. 
Young Arthur's death is common in their mouths. 

King John, iv. 2. 

Against self-slaughter 
There is a prohibition so divine, 
That cravens my weak hand. Cymbeline, iii. 4. 

MURMURERS. 
Heaven's peace be with him ! 
That's Christian care enough : For living murmurers, 
There's places of rebuke. Henry VIII. ii. 2. 

NAKEDNESS. 
"Why seek'st thou, then, to cover with excuse, 
That which appears in proper nakedness ? 

Much ado about Nothing, iv. 1. 

NAME. 

My fair name 
(Despite of Death, that lives upon my grave,) 
To dark dishonour's use thou shalt not have. 

Richard II. i. 1. 

Did my father's godson seek your life, 
He whom my father named f 

King Lear, ii. 1. 



116 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

H^olg miviu 

MVEDEE— {continued). 
The wicked, in his pride, doth persecute the poor : in 
secret places doth he murder the innocent. 

Psalm x. 

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent 
person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 

Deutekonomy, xxvii. 

Thou shcdt do no murder. 

Liturgy. 



MURMUKERS. 
And they forgat God their Saviour, who had done so 
great things ; but murmured in their tents. 

Psalm cvi. 

NAKEDNESS. 
Ye are spies ! To see the nakedness of the land ye 
are come. 

Genesis, xlii. 

NAME. 
I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not 
be cut off. So shall your seed and your name remain. 

Isaiah, Ivi. «Sc Ixvi. 

Raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 

Ruth, iv. 

He called their names after the names by which his 
father had called them. Genesis, xxvi. 

Bring me him up whom I shall name. 

1 Samuel, xxviii. 
117 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

NAME — ( continued). 
Good name in man and woman, 
Is the immediate jewel of their souls. 

Othello, iii. 3. 

NATURE'S LAW. 
Thou, Nature, art my goddess ; to thy law 
My services are bound. 

King Lear, i. 2. 

NEBUCHADNEZZAE. 
I am no great Nebuchadnezzar, sir ; I have not much 
skill in grass. 

All's well that eni>s well, iv. 5. 



NEED. 

Allow not nature more than nature needs. 

King Lear, ii. 4. 

NIGHT SONGS. 

No night is now with hymn or carol blest. 

Midsummer Night's Dream, ii. 2. 



NOTE-BOOK. 

Set in a note-booh, learn'd and conn'd by rote. 

Julius Cesar, iv. 3. 
NOURISH. 
In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate 
The cockle of rebellion. Coriolakus, iii. i. 

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WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

NAME — {continued). 

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. 

Proverbs, xxii. 

A. good name is better than precious ointment. 

ECCLESIASTES, vii. 

NATURE'S LAW. 
The Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature 
the things contained in the law. 

Romans, ii. 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR. 
There fell a voice from Heaven, saying, O King Neb- 
uchadnezzar! to thee it is spoken: — Thy kingdom is 
departed from thee : and they shall drive thee from 
men ; they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen. 

Daniel, iv. 
NEED. 

They that be whole need not a physician, but they 
that are sick. 

Matthew, ix, 
NIGHT SONGS. 
Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the 
night ? Job, xxxv. 

Ye shall have a song as in the night. 

Isaiah, xxx. 
NOTE-BOOK. 

Note it in a hook, that it may be for ever and ever. 

Isaiah, xxx. 
NOURISH. 
Gorgias hired soldiers, and flourished war continually 
with the Jews. 2 Maccabees, x. 

119 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

OBEDIENCE. 

Let them obey, that know not how to rule. 

2 Henry VI. v. 1. 

Heaven doth divide 
The state of man in divers functions, 
Setting endeavour in continual motion ; 
To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, 
Obedience. 

Henry V. i. 2. 

I hourly learn a doctrine of obedience. 

Antony and Cleopatra, v. 2. 

OFFENCE. 
God needs no indirect nor lawless course, 
To cut off those that have offended Him. 

Richard III. i. 4. 

And when I give occasion of offence, 
Then let me die. 

3 Henry VI. i. 3. 

OMNIPOTENT. 

God omnipotent 
Is mustering in His clouds, on our behalf, 
Armies of pestilence. 

Eichard II. iii. 3. 

ORDER. 
Find a barefoot brother out. 
One of our order, to associate me, 
Here, visiting the sick. 

Romeo and Juliet, v. 2. 

120 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

moivi mitit 

OBEDIENCE. 
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit 
yourselves. Hebrews, xiii. 

We will obei/ the voice of the Lord our God, that it 
may be well with us. Jeremiah, xlii. 

If any man obey not our word, note that man, and 
have no company with him. 

2 Thessalonians, iii. 

To this end did I write, that I might know the proof 
of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. 

2 Corinthians, ii. 

OFFENCE. 
Woe unto the world, because of offences 1 for it must 
needs be that offences come : but woe to that man by 
whom the offence cometh ! 

Matthew, xviii. 

I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any 
more. Job, xxxiv. 

OMNIPOTENT. 
I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, 
saying. Alleluia I for the Lord God om^iipotent reigneth. 

Eevelation, xix. 



ORDER. 
The King commanded the high priest, and the priests 
of the second order, to bring forth out of the temple all 
the vessels. 

2 Kings, xxiii. 

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KELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

O'RDE'R — icmtmued). 
You must confine yourself within the modest limits 
of order. Twelfth Night, i. 3. 

ORNAMENT. 
The world is still deceiv'd with ornament ; 

There is no vice so simple, but assumes 
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. 

Merchant of Venice, iii. 2. 

ORPHANS. 

That his bones, 
When he has run his course, and sleeps in blessings. 
May have a tomb of orphans' tears wept on 'em ! 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 



OSPREY. 
I think, he'll be to Rome, 
As is the osprey to the fish — w^ho takes it 
By sovereignty of nature. 

CORIOLANUS, iv. 7. 

OVERTAKE. 
I shall see 
The winged vengeance overtake such children. 

King Lear, iii. 7. 
PARDON. 

God pardon them that are the cause thereof! — 
A virtuous and a Christian-like conclusion, 
To pray for them that have done scath to us. 

Richard HI. i. 3. 
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ORDEE — {continued). 

Let all things be done decently and in order. 

1 Corinthians, xiv. 

ORNAMENT. 
Let not your adorning be that of plaiting the hair, or 
of wearing of gold ; but that which is not corruptible, 
the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 

1 Peter, iii. 



ORPHANS. 

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father 
is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their afflic- 
tion. James, i. 

We are orphans^ and fatherless; our mothers are 
widows. Lamentations, v. 

OSPREY. 
Among the fowls shall not be eaten, the eagle, the 

ossifrage, and the osprey. 

Numbers, xi. 

OVERTAKE. 
I will pursue, I will overtake ; I will draw my sword ; 
my hand shall destroy them. 

Leviticus, xi. 
PARDON. 
Who is a God like unto Thee, that pardoneth iniquity, 

and passeth by transgressions ? 

Micah, vii. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

PARDON— (con^mMerf). 
I do think that you might pardon him, 

And neither Heaven^ nor man, grieve at the mercy. 

***** 

Spare him ! spare him ! 
He's not prepared for death. 

Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 

I pardon him, as God shall pardon me. 

ElCHARD II. V. 3. 



PEACE. 
They huraljly sue unto your excellence, 
To have a godly peace concluded of. 
To stop effusion of our Christian blood. 

1 Henry VI. v. 1. 

PEACE-MAKERS. 

Blessed are the peace-makers on earth. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 



PENITENCE. 
Who by repentance is not satisfied, 
Is nor of Heaven nor earth ; for these are pleas'd ; 
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona, v. 4. 



124 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

P AKD ON — {continued). 
Thou art a God ready to pardon ; gracious and mer 
ciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. 

Nehemiah, ix. 

Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this people, 
according unto the greatness of Thy mercy ! And the 
Lord said, / have pardoned, according to thy word. 

Numbers, xiv. 
Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that 
trespass against us. 

Liturgy. 

PEACE. 
The Lord will give strength unto His people. The 
Lord will bless His people with peace. 

Psalm xxix. 



PEACE-MAKERS. 
Blessed are the peace-makers ! for they shall be called 
the children of God I 

Matthew, v. 

PENITENCE. 
Take heed to yourself! If thy brother trespass 
against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. 

Luke, xvH. 

Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, 
more than over ninety and nine just persons which need 
no repentance. 

Luke, xv. 

125 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

PERSECUTION. 
God forbid any malice should prevail 
That, faultless, may condemn a nobleman ! 
Pray God, he may acquit him of suspicion ! 

2 Henry VL iii. 2. 

PILATE. 
A bloody deed, and desperately despatch'd. 
How fain, like Pilate, would I wash my hands 
Of this most grievous guilty murder, done ! 

ElCHAKD III. i. 4. 

Though some of you, with Pilate, wash your hands, 
Shewing an outward pity ; yet you, Pilates, 
Have here deliver'd me to my sour cross, 
And water cannot wash away your sin. 

Richard II. iv. 1. 

POWER. 
Since God, so graciously hath brought to light 
This dangerous treason, 

"^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 

Let us deliver 

Our puissance into the hand of God. 

***** 

The signs of war advance. 

Henry V. ii. 2. 

That Power that made you king, 
Hath poiver to keep you king, in spite of all : 
The means that Heaven yields must be embrac'd. 

Richard II. iii. 2. 

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?l^ol2 Witit 

PERSECUTION. 
Lord, my God ! in Thee do I put my trust ; save 
me from all them that persecute me. My defence is of 
God, which saveth the upright in heart. 

Psalm vii. 

PILATE. 
When Filate saw that he could prevail nothing, but 
that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and 
washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am in- 
nocent of the blood of this just Person ; see ye to it. 

Matthew, xxvii. 

And so Pilate, willing to content the people, delivered 
Jesus (when he had scourged Him) to be crucified. 

Mark, xv. 



POWER. 
Do it ; be strong for the battle ! For God hath 
power to help, and to cast down. 

2 Chronicles, xxv. 

The God of Israel is He that giveth strength and 
power unto His people. 

Psalm Ixviii. 

Let every soul be subject to the higher Powers ; for 
there is no power but of God. The 'powers that be are 
ordained of God, 

Romans, xiii. 

127 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

PRAISE OF GOD. 
Now, God be prais'd ! that to believing souls 
Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. 

2 Henky VI. ii. 1. 

And be it death proclaimed through our host, 
To boast of this, or take that praise from God, 
Which is His only. 

Henry V- iv. 8. 

PRAYER. 

Now I am past all comfort, here, but prayers. 

Henry VIII. iv. 2. 

If you bethink yourself of any crime, 
Unreconcil'd as yet to Heaven and grace, 
Solicit for it straight. 

Othello, v. 2. 
We, ignorant of ourselves, 
Beg often our own harms ; which the wise Powers 
Deny us for our good : so find we profit, 
By losing of our 'prayers. 

Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 1. 

If, when you make your prayers, 
God should be so obdurate as yourselves, 
How would it fare with your departed soids ? 

2 Henry VI. iv. 7. 

PRESUMPTION. 
It is presumption in us, when 
The help of Heaven we count the act of men. 

All's well that ends well, ii. 1. 



128 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

PEAISE OF GOD. 
praise the Lord, all ye heathen ! Praise Him, all 
ye nations. 

Psalm cxvii. 

praise the Lord of Heaven I Praise Him, all ye 
angels! Let every thing that hath breath, ^raz^e the 
Lord ! 

Psalm cxlviii. & cxlix. 

PRAYER. 

Is any among you afflicted ? Let him pray. 

James, v. 

God judgeth the righteous. The Lord will receive 
my prayer ; He hath heard my supplication. 

Psalm vi. & vii. 

The Spirit helpeth our infirmities ; for we know not 
what we should pray for, as we ought ; but the Spirit 
itself maketh intercession for us. 

Romans, viii. 

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss. 

James, iv. 

If my people shall humble themselves, and pray, and 
turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from 
Heaven, and will forgive their sins. 

2 Chronicles, vii. 

PRESUMPTION. 
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes ; but 
man's goings are of the Lord: how can a man, then, 
understand his own way? 

Proverbs, xx. & xxi, 

9 129 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM. 

PEOPHETS AND APOSTLES. 

His champions are the prophets and apostles. 

2 Henuy VI. i. 3. 



PROVIDENCE. 
We defy augury ; there is a special providence in the 
fall of a sparrow. 

Hamlet, v. 2. 



RANSOM. 
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, 
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, 
Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth, 
Renowned for their deeds as far from home, 
(For Christian service, and true chivalry), 
As is the sepulchre, in stubborn Jewry, 
Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son. 

Richard II. ii. 1. 

If, after three days' space, thou here be'st found 

On any ground that I am ruler of. 

The world shall not be ransom for thy life. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 2. 

RAVENS. 
Take that ; and He that doth the ravens feed. 
Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, 
Be comfort to my age. 

As YOU LIKE IT, ii. 3. 

130 



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PEOPHETS AND APOSTLES. 
Also, said the Wisdom of God, I will send them 
prophets and apostles. 

Luke, xi. 

PEOVIDENCE. 
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? And one 
of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father. 

Matthew, x. 



RANSOM. 
Thus saith the Lord that created thee, Jacob, and 
He that formed thee, Israel! — Fear not, for I have 
redeemed thee : / am the Lord thy God, the Holy One 
of Israel, thy Saviour : I gave Egypt for thy ransom. 

Isaiah, xliii. 

The Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but 
to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many. 

Matthew, xx. 



RAVENS. 
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young 
ravens which cry. 



Psalm cxlvii. 



131 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

REASON. 
Sure, He that made us with such large discourse, 
Looking before and after, gave us not 
That capability and godlike reason 
To fust in us unus'd. Hamlet, iv. 4. 

REDEEMER. 
I every day expect an embassage 
From my Redeemer^ to redeem me hence ; 
And more in peace, my soul shall part to Heaven. 

Richard III. ii. 1. 



REDEMPTION. 
After defunction of King Pharamond, 
Who died within the year of our redemption 
Four hundred twenty-six. 

Henry V. i. 2. 



RELIGION. 



Methinks, my lord should be religious, 

^s to su 
1 Henry VI. iii. 1. 



And know the office that belongs to such. 



REPENTANCE. 
Confess yourself to Heaven, 
Repent what's past, avoid what is to come. 

Hamlet, iii 



132 



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S^olg mivit 

REASON. 
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to 
■^eek out wisdom, and the reason of things. 

ECCLESIASTES, vii. 



REDEEMER. 
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall 
stand at the latter day upon the earth. 

Job, xix. 

When these things begin to come to pass, then look 
up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth 



niffh. 



to' 



Luke, xxi. 



REDEMPTION. 
Christ is not entered into the holy places made with 
hands, but into Heaven itself; now to appear in the 
presence of God; having obtained eternal redemption 
for us. 

Hebrews, ix. 

RELIGION. 
Pure religio7i, and undefiled before God, and the 
Father, is this, — to keep himself unspotted from the 
world. 

James, i. 

REPt:NTANCE. 
Repent, therefore, of this thy wickedness, and pray 
God: for I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitter- 
ness. '~ Acts, viii. 
133 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

REPENTANCE — (continued). 
Try what repentance can : What can it not ? 
Yet what can it, when one cannot repent ? 

Hamlet, iii. 3. 

lie set forth 
A deep repentance ; nothing in his life 
Became him like the leaving it: he died 
As one that had been studied in his death. 

Macbeth, i. 4. 

REVENGE. 
I do but Stay behind, 
To do the office for thee of revenge ; 
And then my soid shall wait on thee to Heaven, 
As it on earth hath been thy servant still. 

King John, v. 7. 

Revenge upon you all ; 
And, in that hope, I throw mine eyes to Heaven, 
Scorning whate'er you can afflict me with. 

3 Henry VI. i. 4. 

You both have vow'd revenge, 
On him, his sons, his favourites, and his friends ; - 
If I be not, Heavens be reveng'd on me ! 

3 Henky VI. i. 1. 

Here, on my knee, 1 vow to God above, 
I'll never pause again, never stand still. 
Till either death hath clos'd these eyes of mine. 
Or fortune given me measure of revenge ! 

3 Henry VI. ii. 3. 

134 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

?l?oIfi mivit 

KEPENTANCE — (cow/iwMec?). 

He found no place of repentance, though he sought it. 

Hebrews, xii. 

The Lord is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that 
any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, 

2 Peter, iii. 



REVENGE. 
Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise ; 
for he is the minister of God to thee for good ; a re- 
venger, to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 

Romans, xiii. 

Lord/ remember me, and visit me, and revenge 
me of my persecutors ! 

Jeremiah, xv. 

It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth me 
forth from mine enemies. 

2 Samuel, xxii. 

His word was in mine heart, as a burning fire shut 
up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing : per- 
adventure he will be enticed, and we shall take our 
revenge on him. 

Jeremiah, xx. 



13£ 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

EE VENGE — ( continued). 
To see this sight, it irks my very soul. 
Withhold revenffe, dear God 1 'tis not my fault ; 
Not wittingly have I infring'd my vow. 

3 Henry VI. ii. 2. 

RICH MAN. 
I never see thy face, but I think on hell-fire, and 
Dives that lived in purple ; for there he is in his robes, 
burning, burning. 

1 Henry IV. iii. 3. 



SABBATH. 

By our holy Sahhath have I sworn. 

Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. 

I am in your debt for your last exercise. 
Come the next Sahhath, and I will content you. 

EiCHARD III. iii. 3. 



SANCTUARY. 
On what occasion, God He knows, not I, 
The Queen your mother, and your brother York, 
Have taken sanctuary. 

Richard III. iii. 1, 

God in Heaven forbid 
We should infringe the holy privilege 
Of blessed sanctuary ! — not for all this land 
Would I be guilty of so deep a sin. 

Richard III. iii. 1. 

136 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

REVENGE — {cotitimed). 
I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, 
that thou wouldest not suffer the revenger of blood to de- 
stroy any more. 

2 Samuel, xiv. 

RICH MAN. 
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in 
purple, and fared sumptuously every day ; and in hell 
he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and cried, Father 
Abraham, have mercy on me. 

Luke, xvi. 

SABBATH. 
This is that which the Lord hath said. To-morrow is 
the rest of the holy Sahhath unto the Lord. 

Exodus, xvi. 

The Gentiles besought that these words might be 
preached to them the next Sahhath. 

Acts, xiii. 

SANCTUARY. 
Thus saith the Lord God, Although I have cast them 
far off among the heathen, yet will I be to them as a 
sanctuary. 

EZEKIEL, Xi. 

He hath looked down from His sanctuary ; out of 
Heaven did the L^ord behold the earth, that he might 
hear the mournings of such as are in captivity, and de- 
liver the children appointed unto death. 

Psalm cii. 

137 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

SANCTUARY — {continued). 
Trust not him that hath once broken faith : 
I'll hence forthwith unto the sanctuary ; 
There shall I rest secure from force, and fraud. 

3 Henry VI. iv. 4. 

SEA. 
But I am not to say, it is a sea, for it is now the sky ; 
betwixt the firmament and it, you cannot thrust a bod- 
kin's point. 

Winter's Tale, iii. 3. 

SELF-EXAMINATION. 
I will chide no breather in the world, but myself; 
against whom I know most faults. 

As YOU LIKE IT, iii. 2. 



SIN. 

God! forgive my sins, and pardon thee ! 

3 Henry VI. v. 6. 

Have not to do with him, beware of him ; 

Sin, death, and hell, have set their marks on him ; 

And all their ministers attend on him. 

Richard III. 1. 3. 

In sight of God, and us, your guilt is great : 
Receive the sentence of the law, for sins. 
Such as by God's Book are adjudg'd to death. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 3. 

O, what authority and show of truth 
Can cunning sin cover itself withal ! 

Much ado about Nothing, iv. 1. 

138 



WITH COKRESPONDIN& PASSAGES FROM 

SANCTUARY — {continued). 
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the 
Lord. 

Psalm cxxxiv. 

SEA. 
The floods are risen, Lord! the floods lift up their 
waves ; the waves of the sea are mighty, and rage hor- 
ribly. 

Psalm xciiL 

SELF-EXAMINATION. 
Let a man examine himself ; for if we would judge 
ourselves, we should not be judged. 

1 Corinthians, xi. 

SIN. 
My son, hast thou sinned ? do so no more ; but ask 
pardon for thy former sins. 

ECCLESIASTICUS, XXi. 

If I sin, then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not 
acquit me from mine iniquity. 

Job, X. 

Until the law, sin was in the world ; but sin is not 
imputed when there is no law. 

EOMANS, V. 

If I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, 
but sin that dwelleth in me. 

Romans, vii. 
If thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no siii in thee. 

Deutekonomy, xxiii. 

139 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 
SIN — ( continued) . 

It is great sin to swear unto a sin ; 
But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. 

2 Henry VI. v. 1. 

Tiien God forgive the sin of all those souls' 
That to their everlasting residence, 
Before the clew of evening fall, shall fleet, 
In dreadful trial of our kingdom's king ! 

King John, ii. 1. 

I am a man, more sinned against, than sinning. 

King Leae, iii. 2. 



SOUL. 
Take me from the world ; 
My soul to Heaven, my blood upon your heads ! 

3 Henry VI. i. 4. 

Mount, mount, my soid! thy seat is up on high; 
Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward here to die. 

KiCHARD II. V. 5. 

I would not kill thy unprepared spirit ; 
No — Heaven forefend ! — I would not kill thy soul. 

Othello, v. 2. 

O, I have done these things. 

That now give evidence against my soid ! 

Richard III. i. 4. 

He held thee dearly, as his souVs redemption. 

3 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

140 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

Jj^olst Wivit 

SIN — ( continued) . 
The Lord God is merciful and gracious, abundant in 
goodness and truth ; forgiving iniquity, transgression, 
and sin. 

Lord! pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take 
us for Thine inheritance. 

Exodus, xxxiv. 

And God said, / withheld thee from sinning against 
Me. 

Genesis, xx. 

If thou sinnest, what dost thou against Him ? 

Job, XXXV. 

If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge 
him. 1 Samuel, ii. 

SOUL. 
My soul is weary of my life : I will speak in the bit- 
terness of my soul. 

Job, X. 

My soul fleeth unto the Lord. 

Psalm cxxx. 

Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able 
to kill the soul; but rather fear ITim which is able to 
destroy both soul and body in hell. 

Matthew, x. 

Why art thou so full of heaviness, my soul ! and 
why art thou so disquieted with me ? 

Psalm xlii. 

Then shall they give every man a ransom for his 
soul unto the Lord, 

Exodus, xxx. 

141 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

SOUL — {continued). 
And there I'll rest, as, after much turmoil, 
A blessed soul doth in Elysium. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 7. 

This look of thine will hurl my soul from Heaven, 
And fiends will snatch at it ! 

Othello, v. 2. 

All the souls that were, were forfeit once : 
And He, that might the vantage best have took, 
Found out the remedy. 

Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 



SPARROW. 
I will buy nine sparrows for a penny, and his "jo/« 
mater'' is not worth the ninth part of a sparrow. 

Troilus and Ckessida, ii. 1. 

SPIRIT. 
When that this body did contain a spirit, 
A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; 
But now, two paces of the vilest earth 
Is room enough. l Henry IV. v. 4. 

STARS. 
I see thy glory, like a shooting star, 
Fall to the base earth from the firmament. 

Richard II. ii. 4. 



142 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

SOUL — ( continued) . 
Stand ye in the good way, and walk therein, and ye 
shall find rest for your souls. 

Jeremiah, vi. 

Lo, they lie waiting for my soul 1 

Psalm lix. 

Man became a living soul; and the Lord God put 
the man into the Garden of Eden, saying, of every tree 
of the garden mayest thou freely eat ; but of the tree of 
knowledge, of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it ; for 
the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. 

Genesis, ii. 

SPARROW. 
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings ? Ye 
are of more value than many sparrows. 

Luke, xii. 

SPIRIT. 
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : 
and the spirit shall return unto God, who gave it. 

Ecclesiastes, xii. 



STARS. 

God set stars in the firmament of Heaven. 

Genesis, i. 

The stars shall fall from Heaven. 

Matthew, xxiv. 

And the stars of Heaven fell unto the earth. 

Revelation, vi. 

143 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

STKENGTH. 

Praised be God^ and not our strength, for it ! 

Henky V. iv. 7. 



STRIFE. 

I would to God, all strifes were well compounded ! 

Richard III. ii. 1. 

If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife ; 
Become a Christian, and thy loving wife. 

Merchant of Venice, ii. 3. 

SWEAR. 

Who should I swear by ? thou believ'st no God ! 

Titus Andronicus, v. 1. 



TEMPERANCE. 
Ask God for temperance ; that's the appliance only, 
Which your disease requires. 

Henry VIII. i. 1. 

TEMPEST OF FIRE. 
Never till to-night, never till now. 
Did I go through a tempest dropping fire. 

Julius C^sar, i. 3. 



Ui 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

STRENGTH. 
The Lord is my strength, and my shield ; my heart 
hath trusted in Him, and I am helped. 

Psalm xxviii. 

STRIFE. 

Let nothing be done through strife. 

Philippians, ii. 

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife. 

Proverbs, xx. 



SWEAR. 
Now, therefore, swear unto me here, by God, that 
thou wilt not deal falsely with me. And Abraham said, 
I will swear. 

Genesis, xxi. 

TEMPERANCE. 
Add to your faith, virtue ; to virtue, knowledge ; to 
knowledge, temperance ; and to temperance, patience. 

2 Peter, i. 

TEMPEST OF FIRE. 



And the Lord rained hail upon the land, and fire 
mingled with the hail, such as there was none like in 
the land. 

Exodus, ix. 

The same day it rained fire and brimstone from 
Heaven. 

Luke, xvii. 

10 145 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROai 

TEMPLE. 
Confusion now hath made his master-piece ! 
Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope 
The Lord's anointed temple, and stole thence 



The life o' the building. 



Macbeth, ii. 



TEMPT. 
Withhold thine indignation, mighty Heaven, 
And tempt us not to bear above our power ! 



King John, v. 6. 



THANKSGIVING. 
Poor soul ! Gods goodness hath been great to thee 
Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, 
But still remember what the Lord hath done. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

O upright, just, and true-disposing God, 
How do I thank Thee. 

ElCHARD III. iv. 4. 



THOUGHTS.' 
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below ; 
"Words, without thoughts, never to Heaven go. 

Hamlet,, iii. 



146 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

TEMPLE. 
All the city was moved, and the people ran together : 
and they took Paul, and drew him out of the Temple ; 
and forthwith the doors were shut, and they went about 
to kill him. 

Acts, xxi. 



TEMPT. 
There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is 
common to man : but God is faithful, who will not suffer 
you to be tempted above that ye are able. 

1 Corinthians, x. 

THANKSGIVING. 
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with 
pure conscience, that, without ceasing, I have remem- 
brance of thee in my prayers, night and day. 

2 Timothy, i. 

While I live will I praise the Lord ; yea, as long as 
I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. 

Psalm cxlvi. 

Being enriched in every thing, to all bountifulness, 
which causeth, through us, thanhsgiving to God. 

2 Corinthians, ix. 

THOUGHTS. 

God is not in all his thoughts. 

Psalm x. 

The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man. 

Psalm xciv. 

147 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

THRONE. 
God^ and His angels, guard your sacred throne, 
And make you long become it ! 

Henry V. i. 2. 

TIME. 
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, 
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. 
To the last syllable of recorded time ; 
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools 
The way to dusty death. 

Macbeth, v. 5. 

TRANSGEESSION. 

Heaven, lay not my transgression to my charge ! 

King John, i. 1. 



TROUBLOUS WORLD. 
So part we sadly in this troublous world. 
To meet with joy in sweet Jerusalem. 



3 Henry VI. v. 5. 



TRUTH. 
Methinks, the Truth should live from age to age, 
As 'twere retail'd to all posterity, 
Even to the general all-ending day. 

Richard III. iii. 1. 



148 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

THRONE. 
And I heard the voice of many angels, round about 
the Throne. 

Revelation, v. 

TIME. 
A thousand years, in Thy sight, are but as yesterday ; 
all our days are passed away, and we spend our years as 
a tale that is told. 

Psalm xc. 



TRANSGRESSION. 
Blessed is he whose trayisgression is forgiven, whose 
sin is covered. 

Psalm xxxii. 

TROUBLOUS TIMES. 
From the going forth of the commandment to restore 
Jerusalem; in threescore and tw^o weeks it shall be 
built again ; the street, and the wall, even in troublous 
times. 

Daniel, ix. 

TRUTH. 
The Lord is good : His mercy is everlasting, and His 
truth endureth to all generations. 

Psalm c. 

The truth of the Lord endureth for ever. 

Psalm cxvii. 

149 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

VAIN GLORY. 
Most miserable 
Is the desire that's glorious : Blessed be those, 
How mean soe'er, that have their honest wills, 
Which seasons comfort. 

Cymbeline, i. 7. 



VENGEANCE. 
A virgin from her tender infancy. 
Chaste and immaculate in very thought : 
Whose maiden blood, thus rigorously effus'd, 
Will cry for vengeance at the gates of Heaven. 

1 Henry VI. v. 4. 



VICTORY. 

God on our side, doubt not of victory. 

2 Henry VI. iv. 8. 

Heaven have glory for this victory ! 

1 Henry VI. iii. 2. 

I, with submissive loyalty of heart, 
Ascribe the glory of this conquest got. 
First to my God, and next unto your Grace. 

1 Henry VI. iii. 4. 

God, Thy arm was here ! 
And not to us, but to TJiy arm alone, 
Ascribe we all * * * take it, God, 
For it is only Thine. 

Henry V. iv. 8. 

150 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

VAIN GLORY. 

Let us not be desirous of vain glory. 

Galatians, v. 

Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but 
in lowliness of mind. 

Philippians, ii. 



VENGEANCE. 
/, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, and visit the 
sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and 
fourth generation. 

Commandments. 

Avenge not yourselves ; for it is written, Vengeance is 



Romans, xii. 



VICTORY. 

Thou hast given victory unto kings. 

Psalm cxliv. 

David stood in the midst of the ground, and defended 
it, and slew the Philistines, and the Lord wrought a 
great victory. 

2 Samuel, xxiii. 

And he went forth conquering and to conquer. 

Revelation, vi. 

O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He hath done 
marvellous things ; His right hand and His holy arm 
hath gotten Him the victory. 

Psalm xcviii. 

151 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

YICTOEY — {continued). 

To whom God will, there be the victory ! 

3 Henry VI. ii. 5. 

Sound trumpets! let our bloody colours wave! 
And either victory, or else a grave ! 

3 Henry VI. ii. 2. 

Thou, whose captain I account myself, 

Look on my forces wnth a gracious eye ; 

***** 

Make us Thy ministers of chastisement, 
That we may praise Thee in Thy victory I 

KiCHARD III. V. 3. 



VISION. 
Saw you not, even now, a blessed troop 
Invite me to a banquet ; whose bright faces 
Cast thousand beams upon me, like the sun ? 
They promised me eternal happiness. 

Henry VIII. iv. 2. 



VOWS. 
This, in the name of God, I promise here ; 

The which, if He be pleas'd, I shall perform : 

# * * * * 

And I will die a hundred thousand deaths, 
Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow. 

1 Henry IV. iii. 2. 



152 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

finals smrit 

VICTORY — {cmtinued). 

Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory. 

1 Corinthians, xv. 

And the Lord wrought a great victory that day. 

2 Samuel, xxiii. 

Thine, Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and 
the glory, and the victory. 

1 Chronicles, xxiii. 



VISION. 
He saw in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, 
an angel of God coming to him, and saying unto him, 
Cornelius, thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a 
memorial before God. 

Acts, x. 



VOWS. 
Yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and per- 
form it. 

Isaiah, xix. 

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that 
thou shouldest vow and not pay. 

Ecclesiastes, v. 

153 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

YOWS — {continued). 
It is the purpose, that makes strong the vow; 
But vows to every purpose must not hold. 

Tkoilus and Cressida, v. 3. 

It is religion, that doth make vows kept. 

King John, iii. 1. 

'Tis not the many oaths, that make the truth ; 
But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true. 
What is not holy, that we swear not by, 
But take the Highest to witness. 

All's well that ends well, iv. 2. 

He hath given countenance to his speech, 
With almost all the holy vows of Heaven. 

Hamlet, i. 3. 

I have toward Heaven breath'd a secret vow, 
To live in prayer and contemplation. 

Merchant of Venice, iii. 4. 

WAE. 
How you awake the sleeping sword of war. 
We charge you, in the name of God, take heed. 

Henry V. i. 2. 



WICKEDNESS. 
If the wickedness of these men have defeated the 
law, and outrun native punishment, though they can 
outstrip men, they have no wings to fly from God. 

Henry V. iv. 1. 

154 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

vows — ( continued). 

So I will sing praises unto Th^ name for ever ; that I 
may daily perform my vows. 

Psalm Ixi. 

If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath 
to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. 

Numbers, xxx. 

That mayest thou offer for a free-will offering, but for 
•d vow, it shall not be accepted. 

Leviticus, xxii. 

When thou shalt voiv a vow unto the Lord thy God, 
thou shalt not slack to pay it. 

Deuteronomy, xxiii. 



WAR. 
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither 
shall they learn war any more. 

Isaiah, ii. 



WICKEDNESS. 
The integrity of the upright shall guide them ; but 
the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 

Proverbs, xi. 



155 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

WIDOW. 
Where, then, alas ! may I complain myself? — 
To Heaven^ the widow'' s champion and defence. 

KiCHARD II. i. 2. 
Arm, arm, you Heavens^ against these perjur'd kings ! 
A widow cries ; be husband to me. Heavens ! 

King John, iii. 1. 



WILL OF HEAVEN. 
The words o^ Heaven; — on whom it will, it will : 
On whom it will not, so ; yet still, 'tis just. 

Measure for Measure, i. 3. 

The icill of Heaven 
Be done in this, and all things ! 

Henry VIIL i. 1. 

This lies all within the ivill of God, 
To Whom I do appeal. 

Henry V. i. 2. 

WISDOM. 

Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it. 

1 Henry IV. i. 2. 

The fool doth think he is wise; but the wise man 
knows himself to be a fool. 

As YOU LIKE IT, V. 1. 

WITCH. 
Blood will I draw on thee, thou art a witch, 
And straightway give thy soul to him thou serv'st. 

1 Henry VI. i. 5. 

156 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

H^oig smtct 

WIDOW. 
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child ; if 
thou afflict them in anywise, and they cry at all unto 
Me, /will surely hear their cry. 

Exodus, xxii. 

The King said unto her, What aileth thee ? and she 
answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine hus- 
band is dead. 2 Samuel, xiv. 

WILL OF HEAVEN. 
He said unto Moses, I will have mercy on whom 
/will have mercy, and /will have compassion on whom 
/ will have compassion. 

Romans, ix. 

Thy will be done, as in Heaven, so in earth. 

Luke, xi. 

He maketh intercession according to the will of God. 

Romans, viii. 



WISDOM. 
Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in the 
streets. 

Proverbs, i. 

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes : but he 
that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 

Proverbs, xxii. 
WITCH. 

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 

Exodus, xxii. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

WITCHCRAFT. 
Tell me what they deserve, 
That do conspire my death with devilish plots 
Of damned witchcraft. 

Richard III. iii. 4. 

WOE. 
Now hath ray soul brought forth her prodigy ; 
And I, a gasping new-deliver'd mother, 
Have ivoe to woe, sorrow to sorrow join'd. 

Richard II. ii. 2. 

WORLD. 
Would I were dead ! if God*s good will were so 
For what is in this world but grief and woe ? 

3 Henry VI. ii. 6. 

WORLD'S DISSOLUTION. 
The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, 
The solemn temples, the great globe itself. 
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve ; 
And, hke this insubstantial pageant faded, 
Leave not a rack behind. 

Tempest, iv. 1. 

158 



WITH CORRESPONDING PASSAGES FROM 

WITCHCRAFT. 
He used enchantments and used witchcraft, and dealt 
with familiar spirits and with wizards ; he wrought 
much evil in the sight of the Lord. 

2 Chronicles, xxxiii. 

WOE. 
Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath conten- 
tions ? who hath wounds without cause ? 

Proverbs, xxiii. 



WORLD. 
He that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it 
unto life eternal. 

John, xii. 

WORLD'S DISSOLUTION. 
The Heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and 
the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, 
and the works that are therein, shall be burned ; for the 
Heavens, being on fire, shall he dissolved, and the ele- 
ments shall melt. 

2 Peter, iii. 

159 



In concluding this part of the compilation of Shake- 
speare's Religious Sentences, we cannot avoid express- 
ing the indulged hope, that our readers will feel with us 
a gratified surprise, that so many passages, embellishing 
his works, should have been found so conformable to 
the Holy Scriptures. They present incontestable proofs 
that he was fully read in Holy Writ, and that his mind 
was most sensibly imbued with the sublimity and hal- 
lowed character of the Sacred Writings. 

In contemplating the diversity of Shakespeare's gen- 
ius, it is delightful to behold him, while depicting the 
sublunary scenes of human life in all its various shades, 
exhorting us, at the same time, to look up with adora- 
tion to the Omnipotent Creator of the Universe. 



160 



We now proceed to submit some further extracts 
from the works of Shakespeare, of a similar descrip- 
tion to the preceding, but not accompanied with cor- 
responding passages from Scripture ; thus showing 
how copiously he drew from the pure source of his 
own all-gifted mind sentences of high morality and 
true religion. 

These we have placed under the respective heads 

of GOD, HEAVEN, DEATH, SOUL, PRAYER, HOLY, 

SACRAMENT, and WAR, in order to give a defined 
arrangement of the subjects, and to show in what a 
pure religious sense he treats and considers each. 



11 161 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 



GOD. 

Since God so graciously hath brought to light 
This dangerous treason, lurking in our way, 
Then, forth, dear countrymen ; let us deliver 
Our puissance into the hand of God. 

Henry V. ii. 2. 



So just is God, to right the innocent. 

Richard III. i. 3. 



Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we 

may be. 

Hamlet, iv. 5. 

God, which this blood mad'st, revenge his death ! 
Either Heaven, with lightning, strike the murderer dead, 
Or, Earth, gape open wide, and eat him quick. 

Richard III. i. 2. 

What is your grace's pleasure ? — 
Even that, I hope, which pleaseth God above. 
And all good men. 

Richard III. iii. 7. 

This, in the name of God, I promise here. 

1 Henry IV. iii. 2. 

162 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Pray God he keep his oath. 

Twelfth Night, iii. 4. 

r the name of God, 
Your pleasure be fulfiU'd ! 

Henry VIII. ii. 4. 

God forbid any malice should prevail ! 

***** 

Pray God, he may acquit him of suspicion ! 

2 Heney VI. iii. 2. 

God be thanked for prevention ; 

Which i in sufferance heartily will rejoice, 

Beseeching God, and you, to pardon me. 

***** 

God quit you in His mercy I 

Henry V. ii. 2. 

God above deal between thee and me ! 

Macbeth, iv. 3. 

I rather do beseech you pardon me. 
Who, earnest in the service of my God, 
Neglect the visitation of my friends. 

Richard III. iii. 7. 

Cold news, Lord Somerset ; but God^s will he done ! 

2 Henry VI. iii. 1. 

But Warwick, after God, thou set'st me free ; 
And chiefly, therefore, I thank God, and thee ; 
He was the Author, thou the instrument. 

3 Henry VI. iv. 6. 

163 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

God defend the right ! 

Love's labour's lost, i. 1. 

God will revenge it ; whom I will importune, 
With earnest prayers, all to that effect. 

Richard III. ii. 2. 

God is much displeas'd, 
That you take with unthankfulness His doing. 

Richard III. ii. 2. 

Be patient yet. — 
I will, when you are humble ; nay, before. 
Or God will punish me. 

Henry VIII. ii. 4. 

Thy wife is proud : she holdeth thee in awe, 
More than God, or religious churchmen may. 

1 Henry VI. i. 1. 

That he is dead, good Warwick, 'tis too true ; 
But how he died, God knoivs. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 2. 

For love of God, forbear him. 

Hamlet, v. 1. 

Proffers, not took, reap thanks for their reward. 

Inspired merit, so by breath is barr'd : 

It is not so with Him, that all things knows, 

As 'tis with us, that square our guess by shows ; 

But most it is presumption in us, when 

The help of Heaven we count the act of men. 

All's well that ends well, ii. 1. 

164 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 



SfiafeesiJcatr. 



Cancel his bond of life, dear God^ I pray ! 

Richard III. iv. 4. 

If God will be avenged for the deed, 
O, know you, that He doth it publicly ; 
He needs no indirect nor lawless course 
To cut off those that have offended Him ! 

RiCHAKD III. i. 4. 



God be wi' you ; fare you well. 

Hamlet, ii. 1. 



God grant, we never may have need of you ! 

Richard III. i. ; 



Both to defend my loyalty and truth, 

To God, my king, and my succeeding issue. 

Richard II. i. 3. 



God, the best maker of all marriages, 
Combine your hearts in one. 

Henry V. v. 2. 



God take King Edward to His mercy, 

And leave the world for me to bustle in. 

Richard III. i. 1. 



We are in God's hand, brother, not in theirs. 

Henry V. iii. 6. 

165 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 



Si)afteispratr. 



More needs she the divine than the physician. — 
God, Gody forgive us all ! 

Macbeth, v. 1. 

You know your places ; God be with you all ! 

Henry V. iv. 3. 

In the name of God, 
How comes it, then, that thou art call'd a king. 
When living blood doth in these temples beat, 
"Which owe the crown that thou o'er-masterest ? 

King John, ii. 1. 



We thought ourself thy lawful king : 

If we be not, shew us the hand of God 
That hath dismiss'd us from our stewardship. 

KiCHARD II. iii. 



God bless thee, and put meekness in thy breast, 
Love, charity, obedience, and true duty. 

Richard III. ii. 2. 

O pity, God, this miserable age ! 
Erroneous, mutinous, and unnatural ! 

3 Henry VI. ii. 5. 

O upright, just, and true-disposing God, 
How do I thank Thee ! 

Richard III. iv. 4. 

166 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

A hell-hound, that doth hunt us all to death : — 

***** 

That foul defacer of God's handy-work. 

Richard III. iv. 4. 

0, triumph not in my woes ; 

God witness with me, I have wept for thine ! 

ElCHARD III. iv, 4. 

God (if Thy will be so). 
Enrich the time to come with smooth-fac'd peace, 
With smiling plenty, and fair prosperous days ! 

Richard III. v. 4. 

God forbid. 
That you should fashion, wrest, or bow your reading. 
Or nicely charge your understanding 50?/^ 
With opening titles miscreate, whose right 
Suits not in native colours with the truth. 

Henry V. i. 2. 

God! God! that e'er this tongue of mine, 
That laid the sentence of dread banishment 
On yon proud man, should take it off again • 
With words of sooth ! 

Richard II. iii. 3. 

Now God in Heaven forbid ! 

Richard II. ii. 2. 

God, what mischiefs work the wicked ones ; 
Heaping confusion on their own heads thereby ! 

2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

167 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

God! forgive my sins, and pardon thee ! 

3 Henry VI. v. 



If he do fear God, he must necessarily keep peace. 
Much ado about Nothing, ii. 3. 



Nor God, nor I, delight in perjur'd men. 

Love's labour's lost, v. 2. 



O, forbid it, God, 
That in a Christian climate, souls refined 
Should shew so heinous, black, obscene a deed ! 

Richard II. iv. 1. 



God hath blessed you with a good name. 

Much ado about Nothing, iii. 3. 

Warwick, I do bend my knee with thine, 
And, in this vow, do chain my soid to thine ; — 
And, ere my knee rise from the earth's cold face, 

1 throw my hands, mine eyes, my heart to Thee, 
Thou setter-up and plucker-dow^n of kings ! 
Beseeching Thee, — if with Thy will it stands, 
That to my foes this body must be prey, — 
Yet that Thy brazen gates of Heaven may ope, 
And give sweet passage to my sinful soul! — 
Now, lords, take leave, until we meet again. 
Where e'er it be, in Heaven, or on earth. 

3 Henry VI. ii. 3. 

168 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Great God, how just art Thou I 

2 Henry VI. v. 1. 

Let us be back'd with God, and with the seas, 
Which He hath given for fence impregnable ; 
And with their helps only defend ourselves. 

3 Henry VI. iv. 1. 



I say no more than truth, so help me God! 

2 Henry VI. iii. 1. 



Serve God, love me, and mend. 

Much ado about Nothing, v. 2. 



God give your graces both 

A happy and a joyful time of day ! 



Richard III. iv. \. 

Who hath not heard it spoken, 
How deep you were within the hooks of God ? 

2 Henry IV. iv. 2. 

God! God! 
How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable. 
Seem to me all the uses of this world ! 

Hamlet, i. 2. 

In God's name, lead : your king's name be obey'd 
And what God will, that let your king perform, 

3 Henry VI. iii. 1. 



169 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 



HEAVEN. 

O let me not be mad, not mad, sweet Heaven ! 
Keep me in temper : I would not be mad ! 

King Leak, i. 5. 

Heaven ! be Thou gracious to none alive, 
If Salisbury wants mercy at Thy hands. 

1 Henry VL i. 4. 

Tarry, dear cousin. 
My soul shall thine keep company to Heaven : 
Tarry, sweet soul, for mine ; then fly a-breast : 
As, in this glorious and well-foughten field, 
We kept together in our chivalry ! 

Henky V. iv. 6. 

His actions shew much like to madness : pray Heaven, 
his wisdom be not tainted. 

Measure for Measure, iv. 4. 

O, help him, you sweet Heavens I 

v^ y(: ^ ^ 

Heavenly Powers ! restore him. 

Hamlet, iii. 1. 

170 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Though thy speech doth fail, 
One eye thou hast, to look to Heaven for grace : 
The sun with one eye vieweth all the world. 

1 Henry VI. i. 4. 

But, for the certain knowledge of that truth, 

I put you o'er to Heaven. 

* * * * 

Heaven guard my mother's honour. 

King John, i. 1. 

O, upon my knee, 
Made hard by kneeling, I do pray to thee. 



Alter not the doom. 
Fore-thought by Heaven. 



King John, iii. 1. 



When thou fall'st (as God forbid the hour !) 
Must Edward fall ; which peril Heaven forefend. 

3 Henry VI. ii. 1. 



Pray Heaven he sound not my disgrace. — 
God^ turn their hearts ! 

Henry VIII. v. 2. 

Allow not nature more than nature needs. 

***** 

You Heavens, give me that patience, patience I need ! 

King Lear, ii. 4. 

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Woe above woe ! grief more than common grief! 
O, that my death would stay these ruthful deeds ! — 
O, pity, pity, gentle Heaven, pity ! 

3 Henry VI. ii. 5. 

This gate 
Instructs you how to adore the Heavens ; and bows you 
To morning's holy office : — 

Good morrow to the sun. Hail, thou fair Heaven / 

Cymbeline, iii. 3. 

Shall we serve Heaven 
With less respect than we do minister 
To our gross selves ? 

Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 

O, but man ! proud man ! 
Drest in a little brief authority ; 
Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd, 
Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, 
As make the angels weep. 

Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 

Flow, flow, you Heavenly blessings, on her. 

Cymbeline, iii, 5. 

Heaven be the record to my speech ! 

In the devotion of a subject's love. 

* * * * 

For what I speak, 
My body shall make good upon this earth, 
Or my divine soul answer it in Heaven. 

Richard II. i. 1. 

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And weep ye now, seeing she is advanc'd 
Above the clouds, as high as Heaven itself ? 

Romeo and Juliet, iv. 5. 

Heaven, in thy good cause, make thee prosperous. 

Richard II. i. 3. 

Sweet rest to his soul/ — 
Fly, lords, and save yourselves ; for Warwick bids 
You all farewell, — to meet again in Heaven. 

3 Henry VI. v. 2. 

Now, Heaven help him ! 

King Lear, iii. 7. 

'Would I had met my dearest foe in Heaven 
Or ever I had seen that day. 

Hamlet, i. 2. 

Who ever knew the Heavens menace so ? 

Julius C^sar, i. 3. 

For myself, to Heaven I do appeal, 
How I have lov'd my king, and commonweal. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

First, methought, 
I stood not in the smile of Heaven. 

Henry VIII. ii. 4. 

Hark ! hark ! the lark at HeaverHs gate sings. 

Cymbeline, ii. 3. 

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Can we outrun the Heavens ? 

2 Henry VI. v. 2. 

Give place ; by Heaven, thou shalt rule no more 
O'er him, whom Heaven created for thy ruler ! 

2 Henry VI. v. 1. 

So defend thee Heaven, and thy valour ! 

Richard II. i. 3. 

Heaven has an end in all. 

Henry VIII. ii. 1. 

O Heavens! that this treason 'were not, or not I the 
detector. 

King Lear, iii. 5. 

Each day still better other's happiness ; 
Until the Heavens * * * * 
Add an immortal title to your crown. 

Richard II. i. 1. 

The King of Heaven forbid, our lord the King 
Should so with civil and uncivil arms 
Be rush'd upon ! 

Richard II. iii. 3. 

Then is there mirth in Heaven, 
When earthly things made even 
Atone together. 

As YOU like it, v. 4. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

As false, by Heaven, as Heaven itself is true. 

KiCHAKD 11. iv. 1. 

All the stor'd vengeances of Heaven fall 
On her ! 

King Lear, ii. 4. 

Who comes here ? — O Heavens ! 

KiKG Lear, ii. 4. 

Heaven mend all ! 

Cymbeline, v. 5. 

I charge thee, 
As Heaven shall work in me for thine avail, 
To tell me truly. 

All's well that ends well, i. 3. 

The Heavens speed thee in thine enterprise. 

Julius C^sar, ii. 4. 

The will of Heaven 
Be done in this, and all things. 

Henry VIIL i. L 

In that hope, I throw mine eyes to Heaven, 
Scorning whate'er you can afflict me with. 

3 Henry VI. i. 4. 

See what Heaven can do ! 

Pericles, 

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This sorrow's Heavenly ; 
It strikes, where it doth love. 

Othello, v. 2. 

What if this cursed hand 
Were thicker than itself with brother's blood ? 
Is there not rain enough in the sweet Heavens, 
To wash it white as snow ? 

Hamlet, iii. 3. 



If that the Heavens do not their visible spirits 
Send quickly down, to tame these vile offences, 
Humanity must perforce prey on itself. 

King Lear, iv. 2. 



Heavens ! can you hear a good man groan, 
And not relent, or not compassion him ? 

Titus Andeonicus, iv. 1. 



I here protest, in sight of Heaven, 

And by the hope I have of Heavenly bliss, 

That I am clear from this misdeed. 

3 Henry VI. iii. 

To US, the imagin'd voice of God himself ; 
The very opener, and intelligencer, 
Between the grace, the sanctities of Heaven, 
And our dull workings. 

2 Henry IV. iv. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Heaven ! were man 
But constant, he were perfect : That one error 
Fills him with faults ; makes him run through all sins 

Bear witness, Heaven ! 

Two Gentlemen op Verona, v. 4. 

The Heavens do low'r upon you, for some ill ; 
Move them no more, by crossing their high will. 

KoMEO AND Juliet, iv. 5. 



Heaven and yourself 
Had part in this fair maid ; now Heaven hath all ; 
Your part in her you could not keep from death ; 
But Heaven keeps His part in eternal life. 

RoMEO AND Juliet, iv. 5. 



Though usurpers sway the rule awhile. 
Yet Heavens are just, and time suppresseth wrongs. 

3 Henry VI. iii. 3. 



Even in that was Heaven ordinant. 

Hamlet, v. 2. 

His grandam's wrongs, and not his mother's shames. 
Draw those Heaven-mov'mg pearls from his poor eyes. 
Which Heaven shall take in nature of a fee ; 
Ay, with these crystal beads, Heav'n shall be brib'd 
To do him justice. 

King John, ii. 1, 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Wherefore did you so much tempt the Heavens ? 
It is the part of men to fear and tremble. 

Julius Cesar, i. 3. 

So much my conscience whispers in your ear : 
Which none but Heaven, and you, and I, shall hear. 

King John, i. 1. 



Heaven hath a hand in these events, 
To whose high will we bound our calm contents. 

Richard II. v. 2. 



At his touch, 
Such sanctity hath Heaven given his hand, 
They presently amend. 

Macbeth, iv. 3. 



He delivers you. 
From this earth's thraldom, to the joys of Heaven. 

Richard III. i. 4. 



O, he was gentle, mild, and virtuous ! 
The fitter for the Kiiig of Heaven, that hath him. 

Richard III. i. 2. 



He is in Heaven, where thou shalt never come. 

RiCHAkD III. i. 2. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

He gave his honours to the world again, 

His blessed part to Heaven, and slept in peace. 

Henry VIII. iv. 2. 

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles ; 
His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate ; 
His heart as far from fraud, as Heaven from earth. 
Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 7. 

With his strong arms 
He fastened on my neck, and bellow'd out 
As he'd burst Heaven. 

King Lear, v. 3. 

Thou, out of Heaven's benediction com'st, 
To the warm sun ! 

King Lear, ii. 2. 

Heaven hath infus'd them with these spirits, 
To make them instruments of fear, and warning. 

Julius Cesar, i. 3. 

Heaven's bounty towards him might 
Be us'd more thankfully. 

Cymbeline, i. 7. 

We'll both together lift our heads to Heaven, 
And never more abase our sight so low, 
As to vouchsafe one glance unto the ground. 

2 Henry VL i. 2. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 



I will keep her ignorant of her good, 

To make her Heavenly comforts of despair. 

Measure for Measure, iv. 3. 

He that parts us, shall bring a brand from Heaven, 
And fire us hence. 

King Lear, v. 3. 

Heaven, and my conscience, knows 
Thou didst unjustly banish me. 

Cymbeline, iii. 3. 

When I am in Heaven, I shall desire 
To see what this child does, and praise iny Maker. 

Henry VIII. v. 4. 

Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive 
Against thy mother aught ; leave her to Heaven. 

Hamlet, i. 5. 

His greatness was no guard. 
To bar Heaven's shaft ; but sin had his reward. 

Pericles, ii. 4. 

So smile the Heavens upon this holy act. 

Romeo and Juliet, ii. 6. 

Now, lords, if Heaven doth give successful end 
To this debate, that bleedeth at our doors ; 
We will our youth lead on to higher jEields, 
And draw no swords but what are sanctify'd. 

2 Henry IV. iv. 4. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below : 
Words without thoughts never to Heaven go. 

Hamlet, iii. 3. 

This judgment of the Heavens, that makes us trembile, 
Touches us not with pity. 

King Leak, v. 3. 

Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel ; 
That thou may'st shake the superflux to them, 
And shew the Heavens more just. 

King Lear, iii. 4. 

Commend me to his grace ; 
And, if he speak of Buckingham, pray tell him, 
You met him half in Heaven. 

Henry VHL ii. 1 

The means, that Heaven yields, must be embrae'd, 
And not neglected ; else, if Heaven would, 
, And we will not. Heaven's offer we refuse ; 
The proffer'd means of succour and redress. 

Richard 11. iii. 2. 

Adieu, and take thy praise with thee to Heaven ! 
Thy ignominy sleep with thee in thy grave, 
But not remember'd in thy epitaph ! 

1 Henry IV. v. 4. 

0, who shall believe. 
But you misuse the reverence of your place ; 
Employ the countenance and grace of Heaven, 
As a false favourite doth his prince's name, 
In deeds dishonourable ? 

2 Henry IV. iv. 2. 

The cross blue hghtning seem'd to open 
The breast of Heaven. Jui.ius C^sar, i. 3. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Put we our quarrel to the will of Heaven ; 
Who, when He sees the hours ripe on earth, 
Will rain hot vengeance on offenders' heads. 

Richard II. i. 2. 

Then I confess, 
Here on my knee, before high Heaven and you, 
That before you, and next unto high Heaven, 
I love your son ! 

All's well that ends well, i. 3. 

Were it not good, your grace could fly to Heaven ? 
The treasury of everlasting joy. 

2 HE^RY VI. ii. 1. 

If sanctimonious ceremonies 
With full and holy rite be minister'd. 
Then sweet aspersions shall the Heavens let fall, 
To make this contract grow. 

Tempest, iv. 1. 

Father cardinal, I have heard you say. 
That we shall see and know our friends in Heaven 
If that be true, I shall see my boy again ; 
For, since the birth of Cain, the first male child, 
To him that did but yesterday suspire, 
There was not such a gracious creature born. 

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 

And so he'll die ; and, rising so again. 

When I shall meet him in the court of Heaven 

I shall not know him. King John, iii. 4. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Brief as the lightning in the collied night, 
That, in a spleen, unfolds both Heaven and earth. 

Midsummer Night's Dream, i. 1. 

Thou, whom I from meaner form 
Have bench'd, and rear'd to worship ; who may'st see, 
Plainly as Heaven sees earth, and earth sees Heaven^ 
How I am galled. 

Winter's Tale, i. 2. 



Nor Heaven, nor earth, have been at peace to-night. 

Julius C^sar, ii. 2. 



A serving-man proud in heart and mind ; * * * 
That swore as many oaths as I spake words, and broke 
them in the sweet face of Heaven. 

King Lear, iii. 4. 



For Heaven's sake, Hubert, let me not be bound ! 
And I will sit as quiet as a iamb. 

King John, iv. 1. 



O, Heaven ! — I thank you, Hubert. 

King John, iv. 1. 



There is no malice in this burning coal ; 

The breath of Heaven hath blown his spirit out, 

And strew'd repentant ashes on his head. 

King John, iv. 1. 

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RKLIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

By Heaven^ lady, you shall have no cause 
To curse the fair proceedings of this day. 

King John, iii. 1. 



"What you bid me undertake, 
Though that my death were adjunct to my act, 
By Heaven^ I'd do't ! 

King John, iii. 3. 



A thousand businesses are brief in hand. 
And Heaven itself doth frown upon the land. 

King John, iv. 



To guard a title that was rich before, 

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily. 

To throw a perfume on the violet, 

To smooth the ice, or add another hue 

Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light 

To seek the beauteous eye of Heaven to garnish, 

Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. 

King John, iv. 2. 



I do think that you might pardon him. 
And neither Heaven^ nor man, grieve at the mercy. 
Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 



Sure, one of you does not serve Heaven well. 

Merry Wives of Windsor, iv. 5. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

I cannot tell 
What Heaven hath given him, let some graver eye 
Pierce into that ; but I can see his pride 
Peep through each part of him. 

Henry VIII. i. L 

Therefore doth Heaven divide 

The state of man in divers functions. 

Henry V. i. 2. 

To sing Heaven's praise with such an earthly tonjrne 

PoKiMS. 



Now, afore Heaven, 'tis shame such wrongs are borne. 

Richard II. ii. 1. 



Can judge as fitly of his worth, 
As I can of those mysteries which Heaven 
Will not have earth to know. 

CORIOLANUS, iv. 2. 



The grace of Heaven, 
Before, behind thee, and on every hand, 
Enwheel thee round ! 

Othello, ii. 1. 

Fare you well ! 
Hereafter, in a better world than this, 
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you. 

As YOU LIKE IT, i. 2. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

I conjure thee, as thou believ'st 
There is another comfort than this world. 

Measuke for Measure, v. 1. 



Virtue preserv'd from fell destruction's blast, 
Led on bj Heaven^ and crown'd with joy at last. 

Pericles, v. 3. 



Swear, by the duty that you owe to Heaven^ 
To keep the oath that we administer. 

Richard II. i. 



Heaven's is the quarrel ; for Heaven's substitute, 
His deputy anointed in His sight. 
Hath caus'd his death : the which, if wrongfully, 
Let Heaven revenge. 

Richard II. i. 2. 



The plants look up to Heaven^ from whence 
They have their nourishment. 

Pericles, i. 2. 



Too much honour ; 
O, 'tis a burden — 'tis a burden. 
Too heavy for a man that hopes for Heaven. 

Henry VIII. iii. 2. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

I have an oath in Heaven : 
Shall I lay perjury upon my soulf 

Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. 

Canst thou dispense with Heaven for such an oath ? 

2 Henry VI. v. 1. 

Like to the lark, at break of day arising 
From sullen earth, sings hymns at Heaven's gate. 

Sonnet xxix. 



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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 



DEATH. 

I have hope to live, and am prepared to die. — 
Be absolute for death ; either death, or life, 
Shall thereby be the sweeter. 

Measure for Measure, iii. 1. 

The weariest and most loathed worldly life, 
That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment 
Can lay on nature, is a paradise 
To what we fear of death. 

Measure for Measure, iii. 1. 

Just Death, kind umpire of men's miseries, 
With sweet enlargement, doth dismiss me hence. 

1 Henry VI. ii. 5. 

Make haste, the hour of death is expiate. 

* * * * *■ 

Let us here embrace : 
Farewell, until we meet again in Heaven. 

KiCHARD III. iii. 3. 

Our purposes God justly hath disco ver'd ; 

And I repent my fault, more than my death ; 
***** 

Although my body pay the price of it. 

Henry V. ii. 2. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Fly, father, fly ! for all your friends are fled ; 

Away ! — for Death doth hold us in pursuit. 

3 Henry VI. ii. 5. 

Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust ? 
And, live we how we can, yet die we must. 

3 Henry VL v. 2. 

Your death, 
The taste whereof, God of His mercy give you 
Patience to endure. 

Henry V. ii. 2. 

Death makes no conquest of this conqueror ; 
For now he lives in fame, though not in life. 

Richard HI. iii. 1. 

Here, on my knee, I beg mortality/, 
Rather than life preserv'd with infamy. 

1 Henry "VL iv. 5. 

Art thou gone too ? All comfort go with thee ! 
For none abides with me : — my joy is death : 
Death, at whose name I oft have been afear'd, 
Because I wish'd this world's eternity. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 4, 

0, I could prophesy, 
But that the earthy and cold hand of Death 
Lies on my tongue. 

1 Henry IV. v. 4. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Which I had rather seal with my death, than repeat 
over to my shame. 

Much ado about Nothing, v. 1. 

Tell me what blessings I have here alive, 
That I should fear to die ? 

Winter's Tale, iii. 2. 

Mercutio's dead: 

That gallant spirit hath aspir'd the clouds. 

***** 

Mercutio's soul 
Is but a little way above our heads ; 
Staying for thine to keep him company. 

EoMEO AND Juliet, iii. 1. 

What's yet in this, 
•That bears the name of life ? Yet in this life 
Lie hid more thousand deaths : yet death we fear. 
Measure for Measure, iii. 1. 



Grim Death, how foul and loathsome is thine image. 
Taming of the Shrew, i. 1. 



Thus ready for the way of life or death, 
I wait the sharpest blow. 

Pericles, i. L 

Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all : 
All shall die. 

2 Henry IV. iii. 2. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Take hence that traitor from our sight, 
For, by his death, we do perceive his guilt : 
And God, in justice, hath reveal'd to us 
The truth and innocence of this poor fellow. 

2 Henry VI. ii. 3. 

O sleep, thou ape of death, lie dull upon her ! 
And be her sense but as a monument, 
Thus in a chapel lying ! 

Cymbeline, ii. 2. 



They have said their prayers, and they stay for death. 

Henry V. iv. 2. 



Smile, gentle Heaven ! or strike, ungentle Death 
For this world frowns. 

3 Henry VI. ii. 



Make peace with God, for you must die. 

Richard III. i. 4. 



Death, having prey'd upon the outward parts. 
Leaves them insensible : and his siege is now 
Against the mind, the which he pricks and wounds. 

King John, v. 7. 

I repent : 
There is no sure foundation set in blood ; 
No certain life achiev'd by others' death. 

King John, iv. 2. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

We cannot hold mortality's strong hand — 

***** 

Think you, I bear the shears of destiny ? 
Have I commandment on the pulse of life f 

King John, iv. 2. 

And, when old Time shall lead him to his end, 
Goodness and he fill up one monument. 

Henry VIII. ii. 1. 

God knows, how long it is I have to live : 
And it has pleas'd Jlim that three times to-day 
You have defended me from imminent death. 

2 Henry VI. v, 3. 



'Tis a vile thing to die, 
When men are unprepar'd, and look not for it. 

Richard HI. iii. 2. 

Come, lead me to the block, bear him my head : 
They smile at me, who shortly shall be dead. 

Richard IH. iii. 4. 

Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, 

It seems to me most strange that men should fear : 

Seeing that death, a necessary end, 

Will come, when it will come. 

Julius Cesar, ii. 2. 

This fell sergeant, Death, is strict in his arrest. 

Hamlet, v. 2. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Bear from hence his hody^ 
And mourn you for him : let him be regarded 
As the most noble corse, that ever herald 
Did follow to his urn. 

CORIOLANUS, V. 5. 



Those whom you curse, 
Have felt the worst of Death's destroying wound, 
And lie full low, grav'd in the hollow ground. 

Richard II. iii. 2. 



According to his virtue let us use him, 
With all respect and rites of burial. 
Within my tent his hones to-night shall lie, 
Most like a soldier, order'd honourably. 

Julius C^sar, v. 2. 



For Heaven's sake, let us sit upon the ground, 
And tell sad stories of the death of kings. 

EiCHARD II. iii. 2. 



For within the hollow crown, 
That rounds the mortal temples of a king, 
Keeps Death his court ; and there the antic sits, 
Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; 
Allowing him a breath, a little scene. 
To monarchise. 

Richard II. iii. 2. 

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To die, is to be banish'd from myself. 

Two Gentlemen op Verona, iii. 1. 

He that cuts off twenty years of life, 
Cuts off so many years of fearing death, 

Julius C^sar, iii. 1. 

By medicine, life may be prolong'd, yet Death 
Will seize the doctor too. 

Cymbeline, v. 5. 

Death lies on her, like an untimely frost 
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field. 

Romeo and Juliet, iv. 5. 



These eyes, that now are dimm'd with death's black veil, 
Have been as piercing as the mid-day sun. 

3 Henry VI. v. 2. 



Dar'st thou die f 
The sense of death is most in apprehension. 

Measure for Measure, iii. 1. 

Where art thou. Death ? 
Come hither, come ! come, come, and take a queen. 
Antony and Cleopatra, v. 2. 

Good nighty sweet prince 
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest / 

Hamlet, v. 2. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Nothing can we call our own, but death, 
And that small model of the barren earth, 
Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. 

Richard II. iii. 2. 



Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. 

Richard II. ii. 1. 



So, now prosperity begins to mellow, 
And drop into the rotten mouth of Death. 

Richard III. iv. 4. 

Death remember'd, should be like a mirror, 
Who tells us, life's but breath ; to trust it, error. 

Pericles, i. 1. 

He should the bearers put to sudden death. 

Hamlet, v. 2. 

To whom he gave these words, — " O father Abbot, 

An old man, broken with the storms of state, 

Is come to lay his weary hones among ye ; 

Give him a little earth for charity ! " 

So went to bed : where eagerly his sickness 

Pursu'd him still ; and, three nights after this, 

About the hour of eight (which he himself 

Foretold should be his last), full of repentance. 

Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows. 

He gave his honours to the world again, 

His blessed part to Heaven, and slept in peace. 

Henry VIII. iv. 2- 

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Ambition's debt is paid ! 

***** 

Dost thou lie so low ? 
Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, 
Shrunk to this little measure ? 

Julius C^sak, III. i. 



O, let the vile world end, 
And the premised flames of the last day, 
Knit earth and Heaven together ! 

2 Henry VI. v. 2. 



My grief 
Stretches itself beyond the hour of death, 

2 Henry IV. iv. 4. 



His overthrow heap'd happiness upon him ; 
For then, and not till then, he felt himself, 
And found the blessedness of being little ; 
And, to add greater honours to his age 
Than man could give him, he died, fearing God. 

Henry VIH. iv. 2. 



Even this night, — whose black contagious breath 
Already smokes about the burning crest 
Of the old, feeble, and day-wearied sun, — 
Even this ill night, your breathing shall expire. 

King John, v. 4. 

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Nothing in his life 
Became him like the leaving it ; he died 
As one that had been studied in his death. 

Macbeth, i. 4. 

Art thou so bare, and full of wretchedness, 
And fear'st to die ? 

Romeo and Juliet, v. 1. 

Death, 

***** 

Thou hate and terror to prosperity ! 

King John, iii. 4. 

Can vengeance be pursu'd further than death f 
Romeo and Juliet, v. 3. 

How oft, when men are at the point of death, 
Have they been merry ! which their keepers call 
A lightning before death. 

Romeo and Juliet, v. 3. 

Guard it, I pray thee, with a lurking adder; 
Whose double tongue may with a mortal touch 
Throw death upon thy sovereign's enemies. 

Richard II. iii. 2. 

To wash your blood 
From off my hands, here, in the view of men, 
I will unfold some causes of your death. 

Richard II. iii. 1. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Woe, destruction, ruin, loss, decay ; 
The worst is death, — and Death will have his day. 

EiCHARD II. iii. 2. 

See them deliver'd over 
To execution and the hand of Death. 

Richard II. iii. 1. 

There my father's grave 
Did utter forth a voice ! Yes, thou must die : 
Thou art too noble to conserve a life 
In base appliances. 

Measure for Measure, iii. 1. 

The miserable have no other medicine, 

But only hope : 

I have hope to live, and am prepar'd to die. 

Measure for Measure, iii. 1. 

How many a holy and obsequious tear 

Hath dear religious love stolen from mine eye. 

As interest of the dead ! 

Sonnet xxxi. 

Thy slander hath gone through and through her heart 

***** 

And she is dead, — slander'd to death by villains. 
Much ado about Nothing, v. 1. 

O, our lives' sweetness ! 
That with the pain of death we'd hourly die. 
Rather than die at once ! 

King Lear, v. 3. 

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Let him not come there 
To seek out sorrow, that dwells everywhere : 
Desolate, desolate, will I hence, and die. 

Richard II. i. 2. 

What is thy sentence, then, but speechless death, 
Which robs my tongue from breathing native breath ? 

Richard II. i. 3. 

The law I bear no malice for my death : 
It has done upon the premises, but justice ; 
But those, that sought it, I could wish more Christians. 

Henry VIII. ii. 1. 

We smothered 
The most replenished sweet work of nature. 
That, from the prime creation, e'er she fram'd. 

Richard III. iv. 3. 

Not that I am afraid to die ; but that, my offences 
being many, I would repent out the remainder of na- 
ture. 

All's well that ends well, iv. 3. 

Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit. 
And look on death itself! — Up, up, and see 
The great doom's image 1 

Macbeth, ii. 3. 

Kings and mightiest potentates must die ; 
For that's the end of human misery. 

1 Henry VL iii. 2. 

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How doth the king ? — 

Exceeding well ; his cares are now all ended : 

He's walk'd the way of nature^ 

And, to our purposes, he lives no more, 

2 Henry IV. v. 2. 

Hung be the Heavens with black, yield day to night ! 

***** 

Henry is dead^ and never shall revive : 

He was a king, bless' d of the King of kings. 
The battles of the Lord of Hosts he fought. 

1 Henry VI. i. 1. 

O, Death's a great disguiser ! 

Mkasuke for Measure, iv. 2. 

Then is it sin, 
To rush into the secret house of Death, 
Ere Death dare come to us ? 

Antony and Cleopatra, iv. 13. 

Thy conceit is nearer death, than thy powers. For 
my sake, hold death awhile at the arm's end. 

As YOU LIKE IT, ii. 6. 

Banish the canker of ambitious thoughts : 

And may that thought, when I imagine ill, 

***** 

Be my last breathing in this mortal world ! 

2 Henry VI. i. 2. 

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More are merCs ends raark'd, than their lives before : 
The setting sun, and music at the close, 
(As the last taste of sweets) is sweetest last. 

Richard II. ii. 1. 

Just Death, kind umpire of men's miseries, 
With sweet enlargement doth dismiss me hence. 

1 Henry VI. ii. 5. 

I will ; if that my fading breath permit, 
And Death approach not ere my tale be done. 

1 Henry VI. ii. 5. 



HeaverCs vault should crack ; O, she is gone for ever ! 
She's dead as earth ! 

King Lear, v. 3. 

Dost thou know who speaks to thee ? — 
Dark cloudy death o'ershades his beams of life, — 
And he nor sees, nor hears us what we say. 

3 Henry VI. ii. 6. 

God, forgive him ! — 
So bad a death argues a monstrous life. — 
Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. — 
Close up his eyes, and draw the curtain close ; 
And let us all to meditation. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 3. 

Then, dreadful trumpet, sound the general doom ! 

Romeo and Juliet, iii. 2. 

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Although the duke was enemy to him, 

Yet he, most Christian-like, laments his death. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 2. 

Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, ex- 
cessive grief the enemy to the living. 

All's well that ends well, i. 1. 

The purest treasure mortal times afford, 
Is spotless reputation : that away, 

. Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay. 

***** 

Mine honour is my life ; both grow in one : 
Take honour from me, and my life is done. 
* * * Mine honour let me try ; 

In that I live, and for that will I die. 

Richard II. i. 1. 

O me ! this sight of death is as a bell 
That warns my old age to a sepulchre. 

KoMEo AND Juliet, v. 3. 

A man's lifers no more than to say. One. 

Hamlet, v. 2. 

The sands are number'd that make up my life ! 
Here must I stay, and here my life must end. 

3 Henry VI. i. 4. 



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SOUL. 

My soul the faithfull'st offerings hath breath'd out 
That e'er devotion tender'd ! 

Twelfth Night, v. 1. 

There is some soul of goodness in things evil, 
Would men observingly distil it out. 

Henry V. iv. 1. 

Hence, thou suborn'd informer! — a true soid, 
When most impeached, stands least in thy control. 

Sonnet cxxv. 

O, such a deed 
As from the body of contraction plucks 
The very soul. 

Hamlet, iii. 4, 

I have done those things, — 
That now give evidence against my soul. 

KiCHARD in. i. 4. 

I will not vex your soids ; 
Since presently your souls must part your bodies. 

Richard H. iii. 1. 

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It may be so ; but yet my inward soul 
Persuades me, it is otherwise. 

Richard II. ii. 2. 

Such neighbour nearness to our sacred blood 
Should nothing privilege him, nor partialize 
The unstooping firmness of my upright soul. 

Richard II. i. 1. 



Heaven's above all ; and there be souls that must be 
saved, and there be souls must not be saved. 

Othello, ii. 3. 



God forbid, so many simple souls 
Should perish by the sword ! 

2 Henry VI. iv. 4. 



God, defend my soul from such foul sin ! 

Richard II. i. 1. 



Now God be prais'd ! that to believing souls 
Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair ! 

2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

My grief lies all within. 
And these external manners of lament 
Are merely shadows to the unseen grief 
That swells with silence in the tortur'd soul. 

Richard II. iv. 1. 

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Our souls religiously confirm thy words. 

King John, iv 3. 

And then my soul shall wait on thee to Heaven^ 
As it on earth hath been thy servant still. 

King John, v. 7. 

If Heaven have any grievous plague in store, 
Exceeding those that I can wish upon thee, 

O, let them keep it, till thy sins be ripe. 

***** 

The worm of conscience still be-gnaw thy soul I 

Richard III. i. 3. 

I hold my duty, as I hold my soul^ 

Both to my God^ and to my gracious king. 

Hamlet, ii. 2. 

Come, side by side together live and die ; 
And, soul with soul from France to Heaven fly. 

1 Henry VI. iv. 4. 

If, when you make your prayers^ 
God should be so obdurate as yourselves, 
How would it fare wnth your departed souls ? 

2 Henry VI. iv. 7. 

Take good heed 
You charge not, in your spleen, a noble person ; 
And spoil your nobler soul/ I say, take heed. 

Henry VIII. i. 2. 

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God shall mend my soul. 

Romeo and Juliet, i. 5 

Fare thee well ; and God have mercy upon one of 
our souls / 

Twelfth Night, iii. 4. 

My comfort is, that Heaven will take our souls, 
And plague injustice with the pains of hell. 

RiCHAKD II. iii. 1. 

God in mercy so deal with my soul, 

As I, in duty, love my king and country ! 

2 Henry VI. i. 3. 

Sweet rest his soul/ 
Fly, lords, and save yourselves, for Warwick bids 
You all farewell ! — to meet again in Heaven. 

3 Henry VI. v. 2. 

God have mercy on his soul ! 

And of all Christian souls, I pray God! 

Hamlet, iv. 5. 

God take mercy on brave Talbot's soul ! 

1 Henry VI. iv. 3. 

In simple and pure soul I come to you. 

Othello, i. 1. 

Sheba was never 
More covetous of wisdom, and fair virtue, 
Than this pure soul shall be. 

Henry VUI. v. 4. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Thus war hath given thee peace : for thou art still. - 
Peace with his soul, Heaven, if it be T7ii/ will ! 

2 Henry VI. v. 2. 

Never come such division 'tween our souls ! 

Julius C^sae, iv. 3. 



Now have I paid ray vow unto his soul. 

1 Henry VI. ii. 2. 



O, villains, vipers, damn'd without redemption ! 

Three Judases ; each one thrice worse than Judas ! 
* * * Terrible hell make war 
Upon their spotted souls for this offence ! 

Richard II. iii. 2. 

Arm you against your other enemies ; 

I'll make a peace between your soul and you. 

King John, iv. 2. 

It is too late ; the life of all his blood 

Is touch'd corruptibly ; and his pure brain 

(Which some suppose the souVs frail dwelling-house) 

Doth, by the idle comments that it makes, 

Foretell the ending of mortality. 

King John, v. 7. 

Shadows to-night 
Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard 
Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers. 

Richard III. v. 3. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

By Heaven, he shall not have a Scot of them ! 
No, if a Scot would save his soul, he shall not. 

1 Henky IV. i. 3. 

I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; 
And, for my soul, what can it do to that, 
Being a thing immortal ? 

Hamlet, i. 4. 



The immortal part needs a physician ; but that moves 
not him : though that be sick, it dies not. 

2 Henry IV. ii. 2. 



Thy souVs flight, 
If it find Heaven, must find it out to-night. 

Macbeth, iii. 1. 



The soul and body rive not more in parting, 
Than greatness going off. 

Antony and Cleopatra, iv. 11. 



There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st. 
But in his motion like an angel sings ; 
Such harmony is in immortal souls. 

Merchant of Venice, v. 1. 

Since thou hast far to go, bear not along 
The clogging burden of a guilty soul. 

Richard II. i. 3. 

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He is the very soul of bounty ! 

TiMON OF Athens, i. 2. 

That in his reprieve, 
Longer, or shorter, he may be so fitted, 
That his soul sicken not. 

Measure for Measure, ii. 4. 

In mercy, thou wilt mind 
Thy followers of repentance, that their souls 
May make a peaceful and a sweet retire. 

Henry V. iv. 3. 

Sirrah, thou art said to have a stubborn soul, 
That apprehends no further than this world, 
And squar'st thy life according. 

Measure for Measure, v. 1, 

The conjunction of our inward souls, 
Married in league, coupled and linli'd together, 
With all religious strength of sacred vows. 

King John, iii. 1. 

That is to see how deep my grave is made : 
For, with his soul, fled all my worldly solace ; 
For seeing him, I see my life in death. 

2 Henry VI. iii. 1j 

As you wish Christian peace to souls departed, 
Stand these poor people's friend. 

Henry VHI. iv. 2. 

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To move wild laughter in the throat of death ? 
It cannot be ! — it is impossible : 
Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. 

Love's labour's lost, v. 2. 

Often did I strive 
To yield the ghost : but still the envious flood 
Kept in my soul, and would not let it forth. 

ElCHARD III. i. 4. 



Speak no more : 
Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul ; 
And there I see such black and gra^ined spots 
As will not leave their tinct. 

Hamlet, iii. 4. 



Whose soul is that which takes her heavy leave ? 
A deadly groah, like life and deatKs departing. — 

3 Henry VI. ii. 6. 



The hope and expectation of thy time 
Is ruin'd ; and the soul of every man, 
Prophetically does fore-think thy fall. 

1 Henry IV. iii. 2. 

Hang there like fruit, my soul, 
'Till the tree die ! 

Cymbeline, v. 5. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

I fear thy overthrow, 
More than my body's parting with my soul. 

3 Henry VI. ii. 6. 



Relent, and save your souls. 

Richard III. i. 4. 



Poor soul! the centre of my sinful earth, 
Fool'd by those rebel powers that thee array, 
Why dost thou pine within, and suffer dearth, 
Painting thy outward walls so costly gay ? 
Why so large cost, having so short a lease. 
Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend ? 
Shall worms, inheritors of this excess, 
Eat up thy charge ? Is this thy body's end ? 
Then, soul, live thou upon thy servant's loss. 
And let that pine, to aggravate thy store ; 
Buy terms divine, in selling hours of dross ; 
Within be fed, without be rich no more : 
So shalt thou feed on death, that feeds on men. 
And, Death once dead, there's no more dying then. 

Sonnet cxlvi. 



211 



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PRAYERS. 

Get him to say his prayers ; * * * 
Get him to pray. 

Twelfth Night, iii. 4. 

They did say their prayers, and address'd them 
Again to sleep. 

Macbeth, ii. 2. 

I pray thee, leave me to myself to-night ; 
For I have need of many orisons 
To move the Heavens to smile upon my state, 
• Which, well thou know'st, is cross and full of si7i. 

Romeo and Juliet, iv. 3. 

Unto my mother's prayers, I bend my knee. 

Richaed II. V. 3. 

He concludes in hearty prayers. 
That your attempts may overlive the liazard. 

2 Hf:nry IV. iv. 1. 

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Heaven keep your honour safe ! 

Amen : for I 
Am that way going to temptation, 
Where 'prayers cross. 

Measure for Measure, ii. 2. 

With wild wood-leaves and weeds I have strew'd his 

grave, 
And on it said a century of prayers. 

Cymbeli^se, iv. 2. 

Are you so gospell'd 
To pray for this good man, and for his issue, 
Whose heavy hand hath bow'd you to the grave ? 

Macbeth, iii. 1. 

O, that my prayers could such affection move ! 

Midsummer Night's Dream, i. 1. 

Loved him next Heaven^ 

***** 

Almost forgot my prayers to content him. 

Henry VIII. iii. 1. 

We, ignorant of ourselves. 
Beg often our own harms, which the wise Powers 
Deny us for our good ; so find we profit, 
By losing of our prayers. 

Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 1. 



We had need pray, 
And heartily, for our deliverance. 

Henry VIII. ii. 2. 

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A book of prayers on their pillow lay. 

KiCHARD III. iv. 



I'll pray, and then I'll sleep. 

King Lear, iii. 4. 

By the worth of mine eternal soul, 

* * * * 

If thou dost slander her, and torture me, 
'Never p7^ay more. 

Othello, iii. 3. 

! what form of prayer 
Can serve my turn ? Forgive me my foul murder ! 
That cannot be ; since I am still possess'd 
Of those effects for which I did the murder. 

Hamlet, iii. 3. 

I saw her, 
As I thought, dead ; and have, in vain, said many 
A prayer upon her grave. 

Winter's Tale, v. 3. 

I'll bribe you 

***** 

With such gifts that Heaven shall share with you ; 

Not with foul shekels of the tested gold, 

***** 

But with true prayers, 
That shall be up at Heaven, and enter there. 
Ere sunrise. 

Measure for Measure, ii. 2, 

O, let me pray before I take my death ! 

3 Henry VI. i. 3. 

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Your mother well hath prayd, and prove you true. 

Richard 11. v. '< 



They have said their prayers, and they stay for death. 

Henry V. iv. 2. 



Consider this, — 
That, in the course o^ justice, none of us 
Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; 
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render 

The deeds of mercy. 

Merchatst of Venice, iv. 1. 

I would prevail, \i prayers might prevail, 
To join your hearts in love and amity. 

1 Henry VI. iii. 1. 

If ever danger do environ thee, 

Commend thy grievance to my holy prayers. 

Two Gentlemen of Verona, i. 1. 



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HOLY. 

Most holy and religious fear it is, 

To keep those many, many bodies safe, 

That live. 

Hamlet, iii. 3. 

What is not holy, that we swear not by, 
But take the Highest to witness. 

All's well that ends well, iv. 2. 

I'll make a voyage to the Holy Land, 

To wash this blood off from my guilty hand. 

KiCHARD II. V. 6. 

True is it, that we have seen better days. 
And have with holy hell been knoll'd to church. 

As YOU LIKE IT, ii. 7. 

Do not count it holy 

To hurt by being just : it is not lawful 

***** 

To rob in the behalf of charity. 

Troilus and Cressida, v. 3. 

He's honourable, 
And, doubling that, most holy. 

Cymbeline, iii. 4. 

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I'll send some holy bishop to entreat ; 
For God forbid so many simple souls 
Should perish by the sword. 

2 Henry VI. iv. 4. 

See where his grace stands 'tween two clergymen ! - 
Two props of virtue for a Christian prince : 
And, see, a hook of prayer in his hand. 
True ornaments to know a holy man. 

RlCTFARD III. iii. 7. 

He is within, with two right reverend fathers, 
Divinely bent to meditation : 
And in no worldly suit would he be mov'd, 
To draw him from his holy exercise. 

Richard III. iii. 7. 

And hath given countenance to his speech. 
With almost all the holy vows of Heaven. 

Hamlet, i. 3. 



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SACRAMENT. 

Before I freely speak my mind herein, 
You shall not only take the sacrament 
To bury my intents, but to effect 
Whatever I shall happen to devise. 

ElCHARD 11. iv. 1. 

Thou didst receive the sacrament to fight, 

***** 

And, like a traitor to the name of God, 
Didst break that vow. 

ElCIIAKD III. i. 4. 

Both they, and we, perusing o'er these notes. 
May know wherefore we took the sacrament, 
And keep our faiths firm and inviolable. 

KiKG John, v. 2. 

Once did I lay in ambush for your life ; 
A trespass that doth vex my grieved soul: 
But, ere I last receiv'd the sacrament, 
I did confess it. 

ElCHARD II. i. 1. 

Great. God of Heaven, say amen to all ! 

***** 

And then, as we have ta'en the sacrament, 
We will unite the white rose with the red : — 
Smile, Heaven, upon this fair conjunction ! 

Richard III. v. 4. 

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MARTIAL SENTENCES IN SHAKESPEARE, 

TREATING OP WAR AND BATTLE, IN WHICH THE NAME OF GOD IS REVERENTLY 
AND RELIGIOUSLY INTRODUCED, ASCRIBING ALL HUMAN SUCCESS TO THE 
DEITY. 

The peace of Heaven is theirs, that lift their swords 
In such a just and charitable war. — 

King John, ii. 1. 

In God's name, and the king's, say who thou art. 
And why thou com'st, thus knightly clad in arms : 
Speak truly, on thy knighthood, and thy oath ; 
And so defend thee. Heaven, and thy valour ! 

KiCHAKD 11. i. 3. 

Whose high deeds, and whose great name in arms. 
Holds from all soldiers chief majority, 
And military title capital, 

Through all the kingdoms that acknowledge Christ. 

1 Henry IV. iii. 2. 

Hence, therefore, every leader to his charge ; 
For, on their answer, will we set on them ; 
And God befriend us, as our cause is just. 

1 Henry IV. v. 1. 

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RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

Three knights upon our party slain to-day ; 
A noble earl, and many a creature else, 
Had been alive this hour, 
If, like a Christian^ thou hadst truly borne 
Betwixt our armies true intelligence. 

1 Henry IV. v. 



Strike up your drums, pursue the scatter'd stray ; 
Heaven^ and not we, hath safely fought to-day. 

2 Henry IV. iv. 2. 



How you awake the sleeping sword of war ; 
We charge you, in the name of God^ take heed : 
For never two such kingdoms did contend. 
Without much fall of blood. 

Henry V. 



Follow your spirit ; and upon this charge, 
Cry, " God for Harry ! England ! and St. George ! " 

Henry V. iii. 1. 



God of battles ! steel my soldiers' hearts ! 
Possess them not with fear ; take from them now 
The sense of reckoning, if the opposed numbers 
Pluck their hearts from them ! — Not to-day, Lord ! 
O not to-day, think not upon the fault 
My father made in compassing the crown- 

Henry V. iv. 1. 



RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTENCES FROM 

God's arm strike with us ! 'tis a fearful odds. 
God be wi' you, princes all ; I'll to my charge : 
If we no more meet, till we meet in Heaven, 
Then, warriors all, adieu ! 

Henry V. iv. 



Now, soldiers, march away ; — 
And how Thou pleasest, God, dispose the day ! 

Henry V. iv. 



The day * is yours ! 

Praised be God, and not our strength for it ! 

Henry V. iv. 7. 

Go we in procession to the village : 
And be it death proclaimed through our host. 
To boast of this, or take that praise from God, 

Which is His only. 

***** 

With thi^ acknowledgment. 

That God fought for us : 

***** 

Do we all holy rites ; 
Let there be sung " Non Nobis " and " Te Deum.'' 

Henry V. iv. 8. 

He was a king bless'd of the King of kings : 
Unto the French the dreadful Judgment day 
So dreadful will not be, as was his sight. 

1 Henry VI. i. ]. 

* Agincourt. 
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The battles of the Lord of hosts he fought. 

1 Henry VI. i. 1. 



This arm 



* 



Lets fall this sword before your highness' feet, 
And with submissive loyalty of heart, 
Ascribes the glory of his conquest got. 
First to my God, and next unto your grace. 

1 Henry VI. iii. 4. 



O' God's name, see the lists and all things fit ; 

1 the righ 

2 Henry VI. ii. 3. 



Here let them end it, and God defend the right ! 



The head of Cade? — Great God, how just art Thou! 

O, let me view his visage, being dead. 

That living wrought me such exceeding trouble. 

2 Henry VI. v. 1. 



To whom God will, there be the victory ! 

3 Henry VI. ii. 5. 



Who's this ? — God ! it is my father's face, 

Whom in this conflict I unwares have kill'd ; 

***** 

Pardon me, God, I knew not what I did ! 

3 Henry VI ii. 5. 

You fight in justice ; then, in God's name, lords. 
Be valiant, and give signal to the fight. 

3 Henry VI. v. 4. 

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In God's name, cheerly on, courageous friends. 
To reap the harvest of perpetual peace. 

RiCHAKD III. V. 2. 



Thou! whose captain I account myself, 
Look on my forces with a gracious eye ; 
Put in their hands Thy bruising-irons of wrath, 
That they may crush down with a heavy fall 
Th' usurping helmets of our adversaries ! 
Make us Thy ministers of chastisement. 
That we may praise Thee in Thy victory ! 
To Thee do I commend my watchful soul, 
Ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes : 
Sleeping and waking, 0, defend me still ! 

Richard III. v. 3. 



Cheer thy heart, and be thou not dismay'd ; 
God, and good angels fight on Richmond's side. 

Richard III. v. 3. 



If you fight against God's enemy, 
God will, in justice, ward you as His soldiers. 

Richard III. v. 3. 



God, and our good cause, fight upon our side : 
The prayers of holy saints, and wronged souls, 
Like high-rear'd bulwarks, stand before our faces. 

Richard III. v. 3. 
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In the name of God^ and all these rights, 

Advance your standards, draw your willing swords ; 

***** 

Sound drums and trumpets, boldly and cheerfully : 
God^ and Saint George ! Richmond, and victory I 

Richard III. v. 3. 

God^ and your arms be prais'd ! victorious friends. 

***** 

Great God of Heaven, say amen to all ! 

***** 

And then, as we have ta'en the sacrament, 
We will unite the white rose with the red : — 

Smile, Heaven, upon this fair conjunction ; 

***** 

And let their heirs, God (if Thy will be so). 

Enrich the time to come with smooth-fac'd peace ! 

***** 

That she may long live here, God say — amen ! 

Richard III. v. 4. 

All was lost. 
But that the Heavens fought. 

Cymbeune, v. 3. 

Then he is dead ! — God's soldier be he : 

***** 

His knell is knoU'd, — so God be with him. 

Macbeth, v. 7. 



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Having now completed our Moral and Religious 
Extracts from the Works of Shakespeare, we submit to 
the consideration of our readers, whether we have not 
fully established the point we aimed at, viz. — of prov- 
ing that Shakespeare was not a Papist, but a worthy 
member of the Church of England ; and we entertain 
the cherished idea that the foregoing extracts exemplify 
these facts, and grace his character as a moral and re- 
ligious man. 

We illustrate our persuasion in this respect by re- 
capitulating passages from his works exhorting to piety 
and devotion ; such as, — 

" Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, 
But still remember what the Lord hath done." 

2 Henry VL ii. 1. 

Here is the substance of a sermon in a single distich. 

What themes for devout meditation doth he present 
in the following : — 

" Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be." 

Hamlet, iv. 5. 

" Lord, that lends me life, 
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness ! " 

2 Henry VL i. 1. 

"I have hope to live, and am prepared to die." 

Measure for Measure, iii. 1. 
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" To Thee do I commend my watchful soul, 
Ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes: 
Sleeping and waking, 0, defend me still! " 

ElCHARD III. V. 3. 

" Now God be praised, that to believing souls 
Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair! " 

2 Henry VI. ii. 1. 

Many, very many such passages appear in his works : 
whereupon Ave ask this simple question : — Can there 
be named any other general dramatist that ever lived, 
Avho has combined so many religious and moral sen- 
tences in his works as Shakespeare has ? 

"We feel convinced that none other such can be 

named ; and that the world, who know him bi/ Ms 

works, will admit that his character may be most justly 

summed up in the ever-memorable words of Hamlet, 

that — 

" He was a man, take him for all in all, 
We shall not look upon his like again." 

Hamlet, i. 2. 



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